In the early 1960s and 70s, the Cinema Novo movement revolutionized Brazilian cinema at home and drew accolades from critics and festivals abroad. Shot largely on location, often with natural light, Cinema Novo films strove to break down of barriers between public and private, rich and poor, and fiction and documentary by telling the stories of people and regions not typically depicted on screen. Eryk Rocha's documentary archival footage of original Cinema Novo films and interviews with the movement's leading directors to capture the energy and diversity of that movement.
