This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
Beto Brant
Writer, Director
Marçal Aquino
Writer
Juliana Munhoz
Writer
José Carlos Avellar
Writer
Camila Pitanga
Writer, Director
Xarlô
Writer
Antônio Pitanga
Self
Camila Pitanga
Self
Rocco Pitanga
Self
Roque Araújo
Self
Luiz Carlos Maciel
Self
Caetano Veloso
Self
Maria Bethânia
Self
Maria Creuza
Self
Capinan
Self
Sidney70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Fuck64%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Directed by John Ford70%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
Love, Antosha74%
Sherman's March67%
Night Will Fall76%
180° South72%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
McQueen74%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
Elstree 197661%
