Aruanda (film)

Aruanda
Directed byLinduarte Noronha
Written byLinduarte Noronha
Produced byLinduarte Noronha
Rucker Vieira
CinematographyRucker Vieira
Edited byRucker Vieira
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
21 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese

Aruanda is a 1960 Brazilian documentary short film by Linduarte Noronha, about the remnants from a former quilombo in the backlands of Paraíba State.[1]

In the 2010s it was voted number 95 on the Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films list[2] and also number 10 in the documentary list.[3]

Plot

The film shows the daily miserable life of the inhabitants descendants of slavery from a former quilombo located in a semi-arid region of Paraíba State. Using some elements of fiction, the documentary approaches the local reality in an unusual way in the Brazilian cinema until then.

Production

The project was inspired by a report by Linduarte Noronha, a Pernambucano State born journalist based in Paraíba.[4] He assembled a small film crew, composed of Vladimir Carvalho, João Ramiro Mello and Rucker Vieira.[5][6] The production was also supported by the then National Institute of Educational Cinema, led by filmmaker Humberto Mauro.[4][6] Subsequent disagreements over the script credits led to the breakup between Linduarte Nogueria with Vladimir Carvalho and João Ramiro Mello, the two presumably short film screenwriters (they were credited only as assistant directors).[5]

Reception

Considered the masterpiece of Linduarte Noronha, the film is also one of the precursors of the Cinema Novo movement.[6][7][8]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref.
Bahia Film Festival 1962 Best Short Documentary Aruanda Won [9]

References

  1. ^ Brandellero, Sara (August 15, 2013). The Brazilian Road Movie: Journeys of (self) Discovery. University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0708325988.
  2. ^ "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros" [Abraccine organizes ranking of the 100 best Brazilian films]. Abraccine - Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema (in Portuguese). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. ^ "100 melhores documentários brasileiros" [Top 100 Brazilian documentaries] (in Portuguese). Revista de Cinema. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b Souza, Rosinalva Alves de (2004). "Linduarte Noronha". Enciclopédia do Cinema Brasilero (2.ª ed.). São Paulo, Brasil: Senac. pp. 400–401. ISBN 85-7359-093-9.
  5. ^ a b Ramos, Fernão Pessoa (2004). "Vladimir Carvalho". Enciclopédia do Cinema Brasilero (2.ª ed.). São Paulo, Brasil: Senac. pp. 97–99. ISBN 85-7359-093-9.
  6. ^ a b c Ricardo Calil (3 February 2012). "Journalist Linduarte Noronha founded aesthetics of the Cinema Novo with "Aruanda"" [Top 100 Brazilian documentaries] (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  7. ^ Skvirsky, Salomé Aguilera (March 20, 2020). The Process Genre: Cinema and the Aesthetic of Labor. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-1478005407.
  8. ^ Pinazza, Natália; Bayman, Louis (February 15, 2014). Directory of World Cinema: Brazil. Intellect Ltd. p. 61. ISBN 978-1783200092.
  9. ^ Carvalho, Maria do Socorro (2003). "Cinema na Bahia, memórias da cidade de Salvador" [Cinema in Bahia, Memories of the City of Salvador] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudo de Linguagens - Departamento de Ciências Humanas – DCH I - Universidade do Estado da Bahia – UNEB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.