Ruth de Souza Movies

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

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...

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...

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

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

In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.

The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between...

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....

Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.

Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the...

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

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

Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls...

A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.