Orlando Senna

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Orlando Senna

Born April 25, 1940 · Lençóis, Bahia, Brasil (age 86)

Orlando Sales de Senna (Lençóis, April 25, 1940) is a Brazilian filmmaker, writer and journalist.

Known For

The Age of WaterThe Age of Water · 2018
The Age of Water
6.02018
MovieDocumentary
The film warns us about the world's water crisis and the international greed for the Amazon Forest, the largest fresh water reservoir on the planet. In addition to concentrating 20% of the world's drinking water, the Amazon is the region with the greatest chance of maintaining its water sources in the next decades, thanks to the humidity of its forest.
Oedipus MayorOedipus Mayor · 1996
Oedipus Mayor
5.41996
MovieDramaWar
Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region. His investigation is directed towards all the armed factions that exist in Colombia.
I Didn't Know TururuI Didn't Know Tururu · 2000
I Didn't Know Tururu
5.52000
MovieDramaComedy
As Carmen prepares to marry for the fourth time, her three sisters find themselves juggling romantic predicaments of their own in this offbeat comedy from Brazil.
Nuclear ShelterNuclear Shelter · 1981
Nuclear Shelter
6.41981
MovieScience Fiction
Our planet was contaminated by many nuclear explosions that left the soil and the air filled with radiation, and now the few survivors of those catastrophic events live under the ground on a shelter controlled by scientists. After an incident inside the shelter, a group of rebellious scientists defy their leadership when they find a good possibility of returning to the surface.
Ser Tão CinzentoSer Tão Cinzento · 2011
Ser Tão Cinzento
2011
MovieDocumentary
GitiranaGitirana · 1975
Gitirana
7.01975
MovieDocumentary
Yesterday, the inhabitants of the Nordeste had to abandon their land for lack of water. Today, floods are driving them out... Deprived of their roots, the people continue to remain faithful to their traditions and beliefs, while progress is imposed by the power of money.
Cinemação CurtametralhaCinemação Curtametralha · 1978
Cinemação Curtametralha
1978
MovieDocumentary
Documentary-manifest in defense of the inclusion of the Brazilian short film in the national cinema circuit, accompanying each foreign feature film as a market reserve
BrascubaBrascuba · 1987
Brascuba
7.01987
MovieDocumentary

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Entangling ShadowsEntangling Shadows · 1998
Entangling Shadows
5.81998
MovieDocumentary
Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

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