Lecture & Film

Tropical Underground: The Brazilian Cinema Marginal and the Revolution of Cinema

Cinema of the Deutsches Filmmuseum, Schaumainkai 41, Frankfurt
October 2017 - July 2018

Even more cutting edge than the New Wave was the Brazilian Cinema Marginal of the 1960s and 1970s: An Explosion of Invention at the intersection of underground and genre cinema, triggered by the heavy-handed cultural policy and the politics of the military dictatorship, connected to the Tropicália movement in music and a visionary response to globalization. The Lecture & Film series “Tropical Underground: The Brazilian Cinema Marginal and the Revolution of Cinema” brings together film historians, curators, directors and actors to present the key works of one of the most significant and exciting countercultural cinemas of the 20^th century.

Events

Oct. 19, 2017 20:15 h Vinzenz Hediger
Ogre Cinema: Macunaíma, a film between anthropology and avantgarde
Nov. 2, 2017 20:15 h Stefan Solomon
The Master of Terrir: Ivan Cardoso’s The Secret of the Mummy (1982)
Nov. 30, 2017 20:15 h Martin Schlesinger
The Red Light Bandit (1968) – The Attack of the Marginal on the Rest of Cinema
Dec. 7, 2017 20:15 h Renato Coelho
Jairo Ferreira: cinema of invention
Dec. 21, 2017 20:15 h Christopher Dunn
The Empty Boat: Meteorango Kid and Brazilian Cinema Marginal
Jan. 11, 2018 20:15 h Ismail Xavier
Glauber Rocha’s Land in Anguish (1967): The Baroque Disenchantment as a Political Shock Experience.
Jan. 25, 2018 20:15 h Fernão Pessoa Ramos
“Sem Essa, Aranha” and Belair films: Brazilian underground ‘Cinema Marginal’ at the 1970’s.
Feb. 8, 2018 20:15 h Lúcia Nagib
Intermedial Cannibalism
April 12, 2018 20:15 h Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz
Neville D'Almeida's Mangue Bangue: limit situations, hygiene rituals and the delirium of everyday life
April 26, 2018 20:15 h Stephanie Dennison
Underground Brazil: sex, violence and the garbage aesthetics of 1970s filmmaking in São Paulo
May 3, 2018 20:15 h Ivana Bentes
Aesthetic Anthropology: the films of Arthur Omar as ethnography of the imaginary
May 17, 2018 20:15 h Diedrich Diederichsen
Third World — Third Reich — Third Cinema
May 23, 2018 18:00 h Helena Ignez
Helena Ignez’ Libertarian Style An Evening for Actress and Director Helena Ignez
June 7, 2018 20:15 h Leo Felipe
THERE IS A VAMPIRE IN THE PALACE: FOOTNOTES ON THE BRAZILIAN COUNTERCULTURE (1968-2018)
June 21, 2018 20:15 h Irene V. Small
Analphabetic Cinema
July 5, 2018 20:15 h Juan A Suárez
Pop Homage and Modernist Artifact: Andrea Tonacci’s Bang Bang (1971)