Leon Hirszman
Directing
Born November 22, 1937 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leon Hirszman (Rio de Janeiro, November 22, 1937 — Rio de Janeiro, September 15, 1987) was a Brazilian filmmaker and one of the main exponents of the movement known as Cinema Novo. A member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), his work is marked by the influence of central Marxist theses in political debates in Latin America and by the politicized representation of the working class.
Filmography
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
Dunas do Barato
Self (archive footage)
Guarnieri
Self (archive footage)
Cinema Novo
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Let Me Tell You
Cinema Brasileiro, Mercado Ocupado
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Self (uncredited)
ABC of a Strike
Self
Imagens do Inconsciente - Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano
Imagens do Inconsciente: A Barca do Sol
Vianinha
No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes
Images of the Unconscious
They Don't Wear Black Tie
Rio, Carnaval da Vida
Partido Alto
Cantos de Trabalho - Cacau
Cantos de Trabalho - Cana de Açúcar
Cantos de Trabalho - Mutirão
Ecologia
Megalopolis
Saint Bernard
Faustão
Médio São Francisco
A Vingança dos Doze
Nelson Cavaquinho
Sexta-feira da Paixão, Sábado de Aleluia
The Girl from Ipanema
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
The Deceased
Absolute Majority
A Seventy-Four Year-Old Fellow
The Beggars
Five Times Favela