Cabra marcado para morrer (Twenty Years Later)

PREMIÈRE BRASIL – SPECIAL: EDUARDO COUTINHO, born 1933 in São Paulo, is one of Brazil’s leading documentary filmmakers. Having directed a number of feature films, he spent nine years working for Globo TV. His best-known works include “El ABC del Amor” and “Edifício Master”, alongside “Cabra Marcado para Morrer”. “Songs” is his twelfth feature-length movie.

Supporting film:

Uma visita a para Elizabeth Teixeira (A Visit to Elizabeth Teixeira)

D: Susanna Lira

Brazil 2011, 13 min, English subtitles

In her short film, Susanna Lira puts the spotlight on the now 84-year-old widow of Pedro Teixeiras – a portrait of a woman of decency.

Cabra marcado para morrer (Twenty Years Later)

Brazil 1964/1984, 120 min, English subtitles

In 1964, as Eduardo Coutinho was shooting his feature film “Cabra marcado para morrer” about the murder of the peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira, the military took power in the country. It took 20 years before he was able to interweave the old film footage with new interviews, with the focus on Teixeira’s family. Finally, what emerged was “the most important Brazilian documentary of its time” (John King, Magical Reels), an impressive record of political repression and resistance.