Black God, White Devil

Director: Glauber Rocha

1964 / 120min / DCP

A film whose violent revolutionary fervor finds a fitting backdrop in the equally violent landscapes of impoverished northeastern Brazil, Rocha’s audaciously avant-garde sophomore feature depicts the collision course trajectory between a self-styled saint leading an army of utopian renegades and the hired gun, Antonio das Mortes, who the government and Catholic church have hired to stop the insurgents in their tracks. “A political Western that rages at Brazil’s governmental corruption and plutocratic oppression… [with] raw, grand, urgent images.”—Richard Brody, The New Yorker

New 4K restoration from Metropoles Productions, based on original 35mm materials preserved by the Cinemateca Brasileira. Restoration by CineColor Digital and JLS Studios.