In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília. Constructed during the latter half of the 1950s and founded in 1960, the city was part of an effort to populate Brazil’s vast interior region and was to be the embodiment of democratic urban planning, free from the class divisions and inequalities that characterize so many metropolises. Unsurprisingly, Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova (Brasília, Contradictions of a New City, 1968) revealed Brasília to be utopic only for the wealthy, replicating the same social problems present in every Brazilian city. (Senses of Cinema)
Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City explores themes of architecture, short film. It is available to stream for free in HD on Ernax — no account required.
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 24 min
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Writers: Jean-Claude Bernardet, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Cast: Ferreira Gullar
Rating: 7.7/10 (21 votes)
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Themes: architecture, short film
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