Waldir Onofre, black actor and director of Brazilian cinema
The article maps the trajectory of the black actor and director Waldir Onofre (1934-2015), born in Itaguaí, State of Rio de Janeiro. Coming from a humble family, he worked since he was a child: he was a shoeshine boy, chap driver, locksmith, blacksmith and radio and television technician, an occupat...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE) |
| Repositorio: | Práticas Educativas, Memórias e Oralidades |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.uece.br:article/10890 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/revpemo/article/view/10890 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cinema brasileiro Cinema negro Waldir Onofre Ator brasileiro negro Diretor brasileiro negro Cinema negro brasileiro Brazilian cinema Black cinema. Black Brazilian actor Black Brazilian director |
| Sumario: | The article maps the trajectory of the black actor and director Waldir Onofre (1934-2015), born in Itaguaí, State of Rio de Janeiro. Coming from a humble family, he worked since he was a child: he was a shoeshine boy, chap driver, locksmith, blacksmith and radio and television technician, an occupation he held for years, even when he was already dedicated to the arts. In 1953 he began to study acting and had a long career as a supporting actor in around 30 films, he directed a feature film (As Aventuras Amoros de um Padeiro, 1975), which is analyzed in more detail in the present text, 4 short films and made 3 driving assists. He has worked, among others, with directors Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Cacá Diegues, Paulo Thiago, Miguel Borges, Sérgio Rezende, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Leon Hirszman, Arnaldo Jabor, Bruno Barreto and Sylvio Back. |
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