Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction: Cinema Novo, the State, and Modern Brazilian Cinema
• 1. Joaquim Pedro de Andrade: The Poet of Satire
• 2. Carlos Diegues: Alegoria, Alegria
• 3. Ruy Guerra: Radical Critique
• 4. Glauber Rocha: Apocalypse and Resurrection
• 5. Nelson Pereira dos Santos: Toward a Popular Cinema
• Conclusion: Cinema Novo, a Retrospective
• Notes
• Filmography
• Index

About the Author

Randal Johnson is Distinguished Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California at Los Angeles.