Ruth de Souza Movies

Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil.

In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this...

A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the...

A man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her.

A girl goes from a favela to the luxurious scenarios of the international singing industry

Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the...

The story of Rio de Janeiro’s movie theaters and the radical transformation they have endured since the invention of Cinema.

A young woman, victim of violence, takes refuge with an old sailor.

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes...

Passionate about the magic of cinema and historically imposed on a place of invisibility, prejudices and stereotypes, how can women challenge, break...

A woman, who believes she has a curse, sees an engineer die in an accident while building a bridge. Considering two men who were courting her...

Ruth de Souza inaugurates the existence of black actresses on stage, television and cinema in Brazil. She carries within her the genesis of an...

Three black teenagers walk around town. The two boys laugh at their own racist jokes while the girl watches them in silence.