Ruth de Souza Movies

A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers...

A writer who specializes in exposing fake witchcraft journeys to Brazil to investigate a voodoo cult.

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His...

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a...

Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.

The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from the world, in his small farm nearby São Paulo and a politically...

Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational...

A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide....

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

A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.

Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for...

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...

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...

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of...

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