Arrecife Produções Cinematográficas
Recife de Dentro pra Fora 1997
Film inspired by a poem from João Cabral de Melo Neto and his life in Capibaribe.
Parto Sim! 2018
A Gira 2012
O Mago das Artes 2014
Olinda Só Riso 1986
Sulanca 1986
The Feira da Sulanca still exists as a famous market in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, that sells and exports items for the national clothing industry. While these markets were once an unfriendly place for women, who were struggling to make a living, Katia Mesel’s ‘Sulanca’ documents the economic revolution of the women of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: seamstresses who, through collaboration and willpower, managed to make lives for themselves and change the socioeconomic landscape of Brazil’s most neglected region.
Bajado - Um Artista de Olinda 1981
Life and work of the popular painter Bajado, interviews with Gilberto Freyre and João Câmara, scenes of daily life in the city that always inspired him.