Aruanda (film) explained

Aruanda
Director:Linduarte Noronha
Producer:Linduarte Noronha
Rucker Vieira
Cinematography:Rucker Vieira
Editing:Rucker Vieira
Runtime:21 minutes
Country:Brazil
Language:Portuguese

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brandellero . Sara . August 15, 2013 . The Brazilian Road Movie: Journeys of (self) Discovery . University of Wales Press . 978-0708325988.
  2. Web site: Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros. Abraccine - Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Cinema. 27 November 2015. 27 May 2020. Portuguese . Abraccine organizes ranking of the 100 best Brazilian films.
  3. Web site: 100 melhores documentários brasileiros. Revista de Cinema. 2 April 2017. 27 May 2020. Portuguese . Top 100 Brazilian documentaries.
  4. Book: Souza, Rosinalva Alves de . Enciclopédia do Cinema Brasilero . 2.ª . Senac . São Paulo, Brasil . 2004 . 400–401 . Linduarte Noronha . 85-7359-093-9.
  5. Book: Ramos, Fernão Pessoa . Enciclopédia do Cinema Brasilero . 2.ª . Senac . São Paulo, Brasil . 2004 . 97–99 . Vladimir Carvalho . 85-7359-093-9.
  6. Web site: Journalist Linduarte Noronha founded aesthetics of the Cinema Novo with "Aruanda" . Ricardo Calil . 3 February 2012 . Folha de S.Paulo. 27 May 2020. Portuguese . Top 100 Brazilian documentaries.
  7. Book: Skvirsky . Salomé Aguilera . March 20, 2020 . The Process Genre: Cinema and the Aesthetic of Labor . Duke University Press . 978-1478005407.
  8. Book: Pinazza . Natália . Bayman . Louis . February 15, 2014 . Directory of World Cinema: Brazil . Intellect Ltd . 61 . 978-1783200092.
  9. Web site: Cinema na Bahia, memórias da cidade de Salvador. Carvalho. Maria do Socorro. Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudo de Linguagens - Departamento de Ciências Humanas – DCH I - Universidade do Estado da Bahia – UNEB. 2003. 27 May 2020. Portuguese. Cinema in Bahia, Memories of the City of Salvador. 5 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171105043248/http://www.tabuleirodeletras.uneb.br/secun/numero_especial/pdf/artigo_nespecial_02.pdf. dead.

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