Revisiting BLACK ORPHEUS
Black Orpheus • 16m
The French-Brazilian-Italian coproduction BLACK ORPHEUS is often considered less a Brazilian film than one with a decidedly European perspective. In this 2010 interview, Brazilian film scholar Robert Stam discusses this criticism and BLACK ORPHEUS’s importance in film history.
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À la Recherche d’ORFEU NEGRO
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