The Film Industry in Brazil: Culture and the State

by Randal Johnson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822985004
• ISBN13: 9780822985006
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"