Memories of the Sítio

In 1952, TV Tupi, Brazil's first television channel, invited psychiatrist Júlio Gouveia and his wife, Russian writer Tatiana Belinky, to develop the network’s children's programming. The couple then asked the sons and daughters of their friends to join the cast of the newly created shows, the most prominent of which was Sítio do Picapau Amarelo. And so, Antonio Silvio, Lia, Lídia, Sérgio, and David José embarked on an unexpected journey that would come to shape the future of Brazilian television. Memories of the Sítio is a trip through the personal recollections of these actors and the story of the first television adaptation of Monteiro Lobato’s work.

Cinema da nossa gente

Quem trocou as memórias de lugar

O que Sobrou de Mim

Whiz Palace

Two dreamers get lost down the rabbit hole while searching for a bathroom in Downtown LA.

Frutafizz

The Night We Met

After the end of an intense relationship, Aurora returns to the places that marked its beginning and end. While reliving good and painful memories, she confronts what she lost of herself in trying to hold onto the love. In writing a final letter, Aurora attempts to transform the end into a learning experience—and understand that letting go is also part of moving on.

ALFREDO

A Estrela-ilha e o Peixe-pássaro

Ferida Aberta

Vô

An animated short film that shows the relationship between a girl, her grandfather, and a little bird. A series of everyday events, ranging from daily meals to car rides, demonstrate the closeness and friendship between the two. A film about love, longing, and cherished memories.

Total Recall(ed)

Weaving together new, insider stories and archival video, several key players from the 2003 recall election of Governor Gray Davis look back at this one-of-a-kind political moment: Why it happened and what happened once it qualified.

Ultima gara

United by the dream of setting a new world record as a relay team, five competitive swimmers reveal their lives, hopes and histories.

Taller de Línea y 18

This short film -one of the last made by the Afro-Cuban filmmaker before his definitive expulsion from ICAIC in 1972- alternates shots of the assembly of a vehicle designed for workers' transportation with the exploration of the conditions of workers' representation and political participation in an assembly held in the workshop. The radical disjunction between image and sound interrupts the logic (and etymology) in which the agglutinating force of the "assembly" and the operation of the "assembly" of the parts converge in the dissonant structure of this documentary.

Merello x Carreras

A touching tribute to a fundamental figure of the Argentine show, which shows “Tita” in the intimacy of the Carreras family and at the same time, on stage in her last show.

Chris Gethard: Half My Life

This comedy special sees Chris Gethard deliver his blend of hard-hitting stand up and storytelling at small venues across the country at the end of 2019, with documentary footage that shows the reality of what life on the road is really like for a touring comedian.

Mary J. Blige's My Life

Mary J. Blige set the music world on fire with her trailblazing 1994 LP "My Life." The singer, producer and actress reveals the demons and blessings that inspired the record and propelled her to international stardom. She celebrates the 25th anniversary of her most influential work by performing the album live for the first time.

Gina Carano in Training

The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest

This episode perpetrated the great Spaghetti Harvest Hoax on April Fool's Day 1957. The filmed report appeared to show a Swiss family harvesting their annual crop of spaghetti which was growing on trees on their farm, talked about the efforts to eradicate the Spaghetti Weevil and discussed the selective breeding that had been required to produce spaghetti of a uniform length. Many viewers believed what they saw and contacted the BBC to enquire how to grow their own spaghetti tree: the advice that they were given was "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best".

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