Glauber Rocha and the relative autonomy of the artistic field: the case of the documentary “Amazonas, Amazonas” (1966)

The article discusses the ambiguity as a constituent element of the artistic field, whether in its relations with power or with the market. For this, we used as a starting point the making of the documentary “Amazonas, Amazonas” directed by filmmaker Glauber Rocha (1939-1981) commissioned by the gov...

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Autores: Mendonça, Rosiel do Nascimento, Braga, Sérgio Ivan Gil
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Em Tempo de Histórias (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/34086
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/emtempos/article/view/34086
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Glauber Rocha. Cinema Novo. Documentário.
Glauber Rocha. Cinema Novo. Documentary.
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Sumario:The article discusses the ambiguity as a constituent element of the artistic field, whether in its relations with power or with the market. For this, we used as a starting point the making of the documentary “Amazonas, Amazonas” directed by filmmaker Glauber Rocha (1939-1981) commissioned by the government of Amazonas in the mid-1960s. Based on documentary sources and In conjunction with ideas by Karl Mannheim and Pierre Bourdieu, we analyze the tensions that emerge around this film, still little known in the face of the celebrated filmography of one of the exponents of the New Cinema movement.