The film  series Invention & Subversion is part of the project Entre Pindorama by Künstlerhaus and is presented in collaboration with Communal Cinema Stuttgart. Organized by Ronna Giorgio.

The selected films represent an overview of filmic innovations, respresentations of outsiders and the difficult political situation in Brazil. The films are presented in chronological order. Core themes are the search for national identity during the 1930s, the search for origins and foundations of Cinema Novo (1950s and 1960s), the impact of dictatorship on film production and ways of filmic expression regarding social problems in Brazil.

Program:

Limite (The Border)
Brazil 1931, D: Mario Peixoto. 120 min. Silent movie, original version with intertitles.

Ganga bruta
Brazil 1933, D: Humberto Mauro. Original version. 82 min.

Rio 40°
Brazil 1955, D: Nelson Pereira dos Santos. Original version with English subtitles. 100 min.

Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (God and Devil in the land of Sun)
Brazil 1964, D: Glauber Rocha. German version. 125 min.

Macunaima
Brazil 1969, D: Joaquim Pedro. Original version with German subtitles. 108 min.

A Idade da Terra (The Age of Earth)
Brazil 1980, D: Glaube Rocha. 160 min.

O Invasor (The Invader)
Brazil 2002, D: Beto Brant. Original version with English subtitles. 97 min.

Madame Satã
Brazil/France 2002, D: Karim Aïnouz. Original version with English subtitles. 105 min.

Edificio Master
Brazil 2002, D: Eduardo Coutinho. Original version with English subtitles. 110 min.

Fala Tu
Brazil 2004, D: Guilherme Coelho. Original version with English subtitles. 74 min.