Born in Brazil in 1939 and died in 1981 at the age of forty-two, Rocha was the leading figure of Cinema Novo. His films mix politics, myth, religion and music from Brazil's backlands, and he argued for an aesthetic of hunger that turned poverty into a style.
Filmography
- Barravento (1962)
- Black God, White Devil (1964)
- Entranced Earth (1967)
- Antonio das Mortes (1969)
- Cabezas Cortadas (1970)
- The Lion Has Seven Heads (1970)
- The Age of the Earth (1980)