Barravento
1962, NR, 80 min.
Directed by Glauber Rocha, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Luisa Maranhao, Antonio Pitanga, Lidio Silva, Aldo Teixeira.

This first feature by the guiding spirit of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement, Glauber Rocha, is a neorealist story about the exploitation of a Bahia fishing village. The film was initially banned by the Brazilian government. Cinematographer Nancy Schiesari of the UT RTF Dept. will lead a post-screening discussion.

This article appears in March 23 • 2001.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.