LIFF Spotlights - Deslocamentos: Brazilian Cinema on the Move
‘Deslocamento’ reflects literal and metaphorical movements and displacements within Brazilian society, particularly concerning regional identity, geography, and power structures.
In the restored classic Iracema, the Trans-Amazonian Highway symbolises the displacement of people by state-led modernisation and exploitation of the Amazon. In other atmospheric road movies, Bye Bye Brazil follows a circus troupe through a rapidly modernising country and Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures witnesses the effects of the Second World War reaching even the Brazilian outback. In Hills of Disorder, a displaced indigenous man roams the hinterlands for a decade. Macunaima presents an extraordinary mythic fable of transformation and Pixote is a searing indictment of the marginalisation of São Paulo’s street children. Presented in partnership with the Centre for World Cinemas at the University of Leeds.
