Ruth de Souza Movies

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

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 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....

Blum and Elza conduct Scientific and anthropological researches in a desert island, where they use as subjects a old fisherman, the house keeper and...

A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold.

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

A drama about double personality

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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