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O Canto da Raça (1941)
Directed by José Medina
Documentary
A film based on a poem by Cassiano Ricardo that described the city of São Paulo with its factories, houses, streetcars, lights, life, etc.; a young woman recited the poem while the images showed what she was saying. "Canto da Raça" was never even shown; Getúlio Vargas ordered the censors to seize it on charges of "parochialism." The film was burned; not even the negative survived; everything was burned.
Crew
- Director
- José Medina
- Writer
- José Medina, Cassiano Ricardo
- Director of Photography
- Gilberto Rossi
- Producer
- José Medina
Details
- Release date
- 1941-12-01
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- PT