Paulo Pontes Movies

Documentary about a region in Northeast Brazil, situated in an area subject to severe drought, and the evolution of its economic activities.

In the hinterland of Paraíba, the small wooden mills powered by animal traction, called “bolandeiras”, are doomed to disappear.

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through...

The confrontations and conflicts between the city of Padre Cicero's pilgrims and the attempts to develop the region.

Documents the arrival of progress with the construction of the Belém-Brasília highway, to improve the living conditions of the people...

The process of production of rapadura in the Brazilian state of Ceará.

The phenomenon of Brazilian oral literature with a study on cordel literature and popular singing.