The Film Industry in Brazil

Culture and the State

Randal Johnson

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Year: 2010
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9780822976448
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

Looking back through the prism of the severe economic crisis for filmmaking in the 1980s, The Film Industry in Brazil explores the unusual relationship between the state-supported industry, which often produced politically radical films, and the authoritarian regime that had held sway for twenty years. To ground his analysis, Johnson covers the early years of the film industry, 1898-1930; attempts at industrialization during the 1930s and 1940s; film industry congresses and government film boards, 1950-1966; the National Film Institute, 1966-1975; and the expansion of the state's role from 1969 through 1980.Well-conceived, carefully researched and documented, Johnson's study fills a major gap in film studies by tracing the development of this industry in Brazil, focusing specifically on its relationship to the state.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Early Development of Brazilian Cinema, 1896-1930
• 2. Sound Studios, and the State, 1930-1950
• 3. Congresses, Conflicts, and State Institutions, 1950-1960
• 4. Cinema Novo and GEICINE, 1960-1966
• 5. The Instituto Nacional do Cinema, 1966-1975
• 6. Embrafilme, CONCINE, and a New Direction in State Policy, 1969-1980
• 7. Moving Toward Crisis, 1980-1984
• Appendix A. Brazilian Feature Film Production, 1930-1985
• Appendix B. Films Made Under INC-Administered Co-production Program
• Appendix C. Films Financed Under Embrafilme's Loan Program, 1974-1979
• Appendix D. Films Released by Embrafilme, 1974-1984
• Appendix E. Films Co-produced by Embrafilme, 1973-1984
• Appendix F. International Awards Won by Brazilian Films, 1970-1984
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index