Glauber Rocha

Glauber Rochas avantgarde films depict Brazils history and upheavals in its social and political scene in a stylized often violent manner He began his career as a journalist and film critic and his first short film Pátio 1959 caught the attention of critics and prompted his rise to fame He studied Law He also directed theatre pieces wrote movie critics and took part in the creation and development of the Cinema Novo New Cinema movement in Rio de Janeiro becoming its theoretical leader and first embassador in Europe After Barravento 1962 Black God White Devil 1964 Entranced Earth 1967 and Antonio das Mortes 1969 he won various international prizes As he symbolized the feelings of the ideology of May 1968 he became very popular in Europe and America Rocha was at odds politically with Brazils rulers and his conflicts with Brazilian authorities led to his leaving the country in 1970 He filmed in Africa Spain and Portugal and returned to Brazil in the late 1970s where he also hosted the popular politics TV show Abertura His last film was the controversial The Age of the Earth 1980