Fernando Gabeira

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Feb 17, 1941 (84 years old)

Fernando Gabeira

Known For

Lobby do Batom
1h 1m
Movie 2022

Lobby do Batom

The most successful case of collective fight for women's rights in Brazil.

Marcos Medeiros - Codinome Vampiro
1h 25m
Movie 2018

Marcos Medeiros - Codinome Vampiro

Learn about the trajectory of student leader Marcos Medeiros and learn more about his exile in France and Cuba. In 1968, he joined the counterculture when political activism became an audiovisual expression of intervention in social reality.

Gabeira
1h 30m
Movie 2017

Gabeira

Documentary about the trajectory of the Brazilian journalist, writer and politician Fernando Gabeira. With testimonies of Armínio Fraga, Aguinaldo Silva, Leda Nagle, among others.

Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração
0h 15m
Movie 2013

Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração

Documentary about the cinema that formed the Paissandu Generation, in the 60s, and the cultural and social impact of that period for the country's history.

O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
1h 35m
Movie 2006

O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento

Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the first vehicles of the alternative Brazilian press, produced daily for six months, in the 1960s. The newspaper spoke of culture, politics and education through satires and prominent figures in the cultural scene of the time passed through him. Archive scenes and music from the period seek to reconstitute the spirit of the 68-generation. The film has the participation of personalities such as Ziraldo, Zuenir Ventura, Arnaldo Jabor, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Carlos Heitor Cony, Fernando Gabeira, Betty Faria, Hugo Carvana, among others.

Depois do Transe
1h 54m
Movie 2006

Depois do Transe

The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."

The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes
1h 44m
Movie 1997

The Comrade: The Life of Luiz Carlos Prestes

Chronicles the life of military lieutenant, later communist militant and Brazilian politician Luiz Carlos Prestes.

Zona Eleitoral
0h 9m
Movie 1990

Zona Eleitoral

Humorous short about the 1989 Brazilian presidential election.

Portrait of a Terrorist
0h 28m
Movie 1985

Portrait of a Terrorist

In 1969, Fernando Gabeira was among terrorists who kidnapped Charles Burke Elbrick, then the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil. Eventually Gabeira was captured and tortured before being exiled from his homeland for eight years. He talks candidly about his experiences in captivity as well as the abduction and the motivation behind choosing Elbrick.

Biography

Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira (January 17, 1941) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and politician. He began his journalistic career as a reporter at Jornal do Brasil. In 1970, was arrested in São Paulo by the military dictatorship, went into exile and passed through several countries, including Chile, Sweden and Italy. In 1979, returned to Brazil and worked as a journalist and writer. He was a candidate for the government of Rio de Janeiro in 1986; elected federal deputy in 1994 and re-elected in 1998 and 2002. Gabeira dedicated himself to an intense literary production, building the first critical analyzes of the armed struggle and promoting discussions on topics such as individual freedoms and ecology.

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