O Sertão das memórias = Landscapes of memory / CEARÁ ; Fundação Cultural de Fortaleza ; Ganesh Produções ; Araújo-Valladares productions ; roteiro e direção, José Araújo.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Araújo, José, director, author.

Araújo, Antero Marques, actor.

Pinto, Maria Emilce.

Braga, Ednardo, actor.

Valladares, Michelle Yasmine, producer.

Vasconcelos, Naná, composer.

Fundação Cultural de Fortaleza, distributor.

Tupa Films, distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Sertão Region (Brazil)--History.

Sertão Region (Brazil).

Sertão Region (Brazil)--Social life and customs.

Sertão Region (Brazil)--Economic conditions.

Brazil--Description and travel.

Brazil.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (98 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Other Title:

Landscapes of memory

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Tupa Films, 1997.

Language Note:

In Portuguese with English subtitles.

System Details:

VHS - NTSC

analog

magnetic

stereo

VHS

Summary:

"Two elderly peasants embark on a mythological journey in the Sertão, Brazil's arid Northeast. The film weaves together folklore, songs and apocalyptic visions as the peasants confront the Dragon, their archetypal enemy, and a symbol of the Sertão's harsh nature and corruupt socio-political conditions."--Container.

Participant:

Antero Marques Araújo, Maria Emilce Pinto, Ednardo Braga, Padre Juvemar Matos.

Credits:

Director of photography, Antonio Luiz Mendes ; editor, Ismael Saavedra ; music, Nana Vasconcelos.

Notes:

"The struggle of the peasants of the Sertão against the Dragon in the backlands of Brazil."--Container.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

51823027