The best Nelson Xavier’s documentary movies

Nelson Xavier

Nelson Xavier

30/08/1941- 10/05/2017
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Nelson Xavier’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Nelson Xavier.

CELEBRAÇÃO - 100 ANOS DO CINEMA NACIONAL

CELEBRAÇÃO - 100 ANOS DO CINEMA NACIONAL
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Denying Brazil

Denying Brazil
7.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 20/11/2000
  • Character: Himself
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.

Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim

Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/1980
  • Character: Narrador

O Príncipe do Fogo

O Príncipe do Fogo
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 27/04/1984
  • Character: Narrador
The story of the black mystic murderer Febrônio Índio do Brasil.

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