Brazilian Studies and Portuguese Language Materials
Outreach Lending Library
Center for Latin American Studies
University of Florida
.
SAMPLE ITEMS:
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A Grande Família. (2002) Globo Video. DVD (204 minutes). TV Sitcom
Portuguese.
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Amarela manga (Yellow Mango). (200). Dir. Cláudio Assis. DVD (100 minutes).
Film. Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Amazon Sisters. Dir. Anne Marie Sweeney. Documentary (DVD). 60 minutes.
Women Make Movies, England, 1992. Film. English subtitles.
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Behind the Sun (Abril depedaçado). (2001). Miramax. Walter Salles. DVD (92
minutes). Film. Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Brazilians Working with Americans. Cultural Case Studies. (2007). Book (196
pages). English and Portuguese.
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Carandiru. (2004). Columbia Tristar. Hector Babenco. DVD (145 minutes). Film.
Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Descubra o Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Governo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. DVD (6
minutes). Tourism disc. Portuguese, English, Spanish, French.
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Digging for the Truth: The Lost Cities of the Amazon. A&E. DVD. (50 minutes).
Documentary. English.
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Disappearing World: The Kayapo: Indians of the Brazilian Rainforest. (1987).
Granada . DVD (50 minutes). Documentary. English.
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Lula’s Brazil (2005). Icarus. DVD (62 minutes). Documentary. Dir. Gonzalo Arijon.
Portuguese with English subtitles.
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O Primeiro Dia ( Midnight). (1999) Dir. Walter Salles. (76 minutes) NR. Film.
Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Outro Lado da Rua (The Other Side of the Street). (2004). Dir. Marcos Bernstein
(97 minutes) NR. Film. Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Possible Loves. (2000). Dir. Sandra Werneck. DVD (98 minutes). Film.
Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Quilombo Country, Afrobrazilian Villages in the 21st Century. (2006). Quilombo
Films. Dir. Leonard Abrams. DVD (73 minutes). English.
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Sexo, Amor, & Traição. (2003). Fox. Dir. Jorge Fernando. DVD (85 minutes).
Film. Portuguese with English subtitles.
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Tainá: Uma Aventura na Amazonia. (2001). Europa Filmes. Dir. Tania Lamarca
and Sergio Bloch. DVD (91 minutes). Film. Portuguese.
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The House of Sand. (2005). Sony Pictures. Dir. Andrucha Waddington. DVD (115
minutes). Film. Portuguese with subtitles in English, French, and Portuguese.
Rated R.
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The Decade of Destruction: Saga of the Amazon Rainforest. Five DVDs:
Mountains of Gold
The Killing of Chico Mendes
Killing for Land
In the Ashes of the Forest Parts I and II
(1990). Adrian Cowell. DVD (55 minutes each). Documentary. Level: High School,
College. English.
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The Fires of the Amazon. (2002). BBC Worldwide. Dir. Adrian Cowell. DVD (44
minutes). Documentary. Level: High School, College. English.
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The Man of the Year (O homem do ano). (2003). Dir. José Henrique Fonseca.
DVD (113 minutes). Film. Portuguese with English subtitles.

The Man Who Copied (O homem que copiava). (2003). Columbia Tristar. Dir.
Jorge Furtado. DVD (123 minutes). Film. Portuguese with English subtitles.
College.

To the Left of the Father. (2001). Dir. Luiz Fernando Carvalho. DVD (172
minutes). Film. Portuguese with English Subtitles
For additional information or to borrow materials, please visit:
http://www.latam.ufl.edu/Outreach/library.stm
To request an item, please e-mail:
outreach@latam.ufl.edu