Film Making in Brazil

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This paper focuses on research done on the evolution of Brazilian cinema, a survey of its schools of traditions, and the themes that comprised those traditions. The research looks at the filmmakers, the actors, the political events and environments that served as the foundation and background against which filmmaking history occurred in Brazil..

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Introduction
The Film Makers

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"The nationalization of the industry by the Brazilian government in an effort to both support film as an economic venture, and to influence it in a way that manipulated the industry towards supporting the sitting government accomplished the first, but not the latter. In fact, Brazilian filmmakers, using allegorical treatments, used film to inspire revolution against the government that the filmmaker found flawed. The result was the artistic expression of the filmmaker's political and social views, but as is so often the case with those limited expressions, they did not run concurrent with the greater overall interest of the rest of the population. They did, however, serve to inspire revolution and the distinct or abruptness that is evident in Brazilian cinema throughout its history is reflective of the abrupt changes in political forces, especially two military coup de tats."

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