April 23, 2013: Ayrton Senna

A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.

09 de Abril - Cazuza: O Tempo Não Pára

Cazuza: Time doesn't Stop is a Brazilian movie / biography released in 2004 and directed by Sandra Werneck and Walter Carvalho. The film is based on the life and times of Cazuza, one of the most important Brazilian singers and poets, from his start with rock group "Barão Vermelho" in the 80s, to his death from Aids, in 1990.

Quando: April 9, 2013.
Onde: UNCC, Friday 381
Horário: 6:30pm

26 de Março: Central do Brasil

Central Station (Central do Brasil) is a 1998 film which tells the story of Josué, a poor 9-year-old boy who has never met his father, but hopes to do so. His mother sends letters to his father through Dora, an embittered professor who works at the train station writing messages for the illiterate. When Josué's mom is killed in a bus accident just outside the train station, the boy is left homeless. Dora takes him in and traffics him to a corrupt couple, but she is made to feel guilty by her neighbor and friend Irene and later steals him back. Together they will embark in a journey to the inlands of Brazil, in order to try to find Josué's father.

Quando: March 26, 2013.
Onde: UNCC, Friday 381
Horário: 6:30pm

Dia 12 de março: Cidade de Deus X Central do Brasil

Today we will vote for watching one of these two movies.

City of God (Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. It is an adaptation of the homonymous novel (released in 1997) written by Paulo Lins. The movie is set between the 60's and the 70's, and depicts the growth of organized crime in one of Rio de Janeiro’s suburban regions, named Cidade de Deus. 

Central Station is a 1998 film which tells the story of Josué, a poor 9-year-old boy who has never met his father, but hopes to do so. His mother sends letters to his father through Dora, an embittered professor who works at the train station writing messages for the illiterate. When Josué's mom is killed in a bus accident just outside the train station, the boy is left homeless. Dora takes him in and traffics him to a corrupt couple, but she is made to feel guilty by her neighbor and friend Irene and later steals him back. Together they will embark in a journey to the inlands of Brazil, in order to try to find Josué's father.

Quando: March 12, 2013.
Onde: UNCC, Friday 381
Horário: 6:30pm

Dia 26 de fevereiro: Cidade dos Homens

Veja a sinopse em português aqui.

Directed by Paulo Morelli. About to turn 18, best buddies Laranja and Acerola decide to change their lives. While Laranja is determined to find his father, who he never met, Acerola wants to embark in romantic adventures. Nevertheless, a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas gets into their way, making things more complicated than they thought it would ever be.

Quando: February 26, 2013


Onde: UNCC, Friday #381

Horário: 6:30 pm

Dia 12 de Fevereiro: Tropa de Elite

Tropa de Elite é um filme brasileiro lançado em 2007 e dirigido por José Padilha. O filme retrata a violência urbana no Rio de Janeiro, trazendo uma narrativa semi-ficcional das ações do BOPE (Batalhão de Operações Especiais) da Polícia Militar do Rio.

Elite Squad is a Brazilian movie released in 2007 and directed by José Padilha. The film portrays the urban violence in Rio de Janeiro, and brings a semi-fictional account of the Special Police Operation Squad of Rio de Janeiro military police (equivalent to the American SWAT teams).

Quando: February 12, 2013

Onde: UNCC, Friday #381

Horário: 6:30 pm

Bem Vindos!

Welcome to our Brazilian Cine Club @ UNC Charlotte!

The BRACINE project was first idealized and held by Dr. Martha Miller and the graduate teaching assistants Xanda Lemos and Christina O'Connor, during the Fall of 2010.

Now it returns under the coordination of Xanda Lemos (Alexandra Lemos Zagonel, instructor of Brazilian Culture and Civilization, and Brazilian Portuguese Language at UNC Charlotte), with the support from the Department of Languages and Culture Studies from UNCC.

Students, community, faculty, and staff are more than welcome to join us!

Our meetings will take place every other Tuesday, at  6:30 pm, at Friday Building, room 381 (UNCC main campus).

The first screening is on Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013.

Bring the popcorn \o/