Miguel Rio Branco

Movies

Som, Sol & Surf - Saquarema
Miguel Rio Branco
In 1976, a great rock show, called "Som, Sol & Surf", took place on Itaúna beach, in Saquarema and also had a surfing championship. For three days, a crowd of young people enjoyed songs by Rita Lee, Angela Ro Ro, Raul Seixas and others.
Abolição
Director of Photography
In 1988, the centenary of abolition of slavery in Brazil, Zózimo Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in his country. This documentary provides an in-depth look through extensive archival researching and interviews of key figures who were involved in preserving black culture. Aside from historical testimony, this epic documentary also points to the current relevance of facing the racism that still confronts the black population in Brazil.
A Resistência da Lua
Director of Photography
Nothing with Me When I Die, Those Who Owe Me I'll Collect in Hell
Writer
An exercise in gentle voyeurism revealing glimpses of the secret side of Salvador, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia, filming a derelict prostitution zone.
Nothing with Me When I Die, Those Who Owe Me I'll Collect in Hell
Cinematography
An exercise in gentle voyeurism revealing glimpses of the secret side of Salvador, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia, filming a derelict prostitution zone.
Nothing with Me When I Die, Those Who Owe Me I'll Collect in Hell
Director
An exercise in gentle voyeurism revealing glimpses of the secret side of Salvador, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia, filming a derelict prostitution zone.
Trio Elétrico
Director
Sagarana: O Duelo
Still Photographer
Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.
Chorinhos e Chorões
Director of Photography
Agrippina é Roma - Manhattan
Director of Photography
In Manhattan and Wall Street's majestic, neoclassical architecture, characters try their luck, ambiguously posted between the mundane and transcendence.
Lágrima Pantera
Other
Fragments of a film never finished, shot in New York in 1972, including scenes in the home of Hélio Oiticica. Last film made in exile by Bressane, it mimics the experimental concept of "quasi-cinema" by Hélio Oiticica. It consists of a fragmentary experience of freedom, in super-8 and 16mm, in a code out of time, out of the square, while recreating (with different cameras) the wild and sensitive look that Oiticica dedicated to cinema.