Cinema Novo

Not to be confused with the Cinema Novo movement in the Cinema of Portugal, or the Novo Cinemas chain.
Cinema Novo
Years active1950s to early 1970s [1]
LocationBrazil
Major figuresGlauber Rocha, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Paulo César Saraceni, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Leon Hirszman, Carlos Diegues, Ruy Guerra, Arnaldo Jabor[2]
InfluencesItalian Neorealism, French New Wave,[3] Soviet cinema[4]

Cinema Novo (Portuguese pronunciation: [siˈnemɐ ˈnovu]) ('New Cinema'), is a genre and movement of film noted for its emphasis on social equality and intellectualism that rose to prominence in Brazil during the 1960s and 1970s.[5] Cinema Novo formed in response to class and racial unrest both in Brazil and the United States. Influenced by Italian neorealism and French New Wave, films produced under the ideology of Cinema Novo opposed traditional Brazilian cinema, which consisted primarily of musicals, comedies and Hollywood-style epics.[6] Glauber Rocha is widely regarded as Cinema Novo's most influential filmmaker.[7][8][9] Today, the movement is often divided into three sequential phases that differ in tone, style and content.

  1. ^ Brazil: Five Centuries of Change-library.brown.edu
  2. ^ The 10 Greatest New Wave Movements in Film History« Taste of Cinema
  3. ^ Cinema Novo revolutionised Brazilian cinema in the 1960s-Brazil
  4. ^ Cannes 2016: 'Cinema Novo' Review-Variety
  5. ^ Dixon & Foster, 293.
  6. ^ Johnson & Stam, 33.
  7. ^ Gazetas, 308.
  8. ^ Johnson & Stam, 42.
  9. ^ Dixon & Foster, 292.