Nelson Pereira dos Santos Movies

Documentary about the life of Tom Jobim, from the perspective of three women of his life: his sister, Helena Jobim, his first wife, Thereza, and his...

16 members from the Brazilian Academy of Letters share their views on the current situation of the portuguese language.

The documentary depicts the everyday of illiterate rural workers in Northeast Brazil, living under extreme misery. Although incapable of writing,...

Documentary short about Brazilian medium Chico Xavier.

Documentary on the view, testimonies and times of Darcy Ribeiro, since military dictatorship.

Short musical film paying a tribute to samba composer Zé Ketti, one of the greatest popular artists of Brazilian music. In a jam session, in...

Nelson Pereira dos Santos talks about The Highway of Life (1980)

The film chronicles both the life and work of Brazilian author and engineer Euclides da Cunha and a failed attempt at directing his biopic in the...

The city of Rio de Janeiro in the films of Nelson Pereira dos Santos contextualized by critic Rodrigo Fonseca.