FilmDokument: ALVORADA

When the film, ALVORADA – AUFBRUCH IN BRASILIEN, was nominated for an Oscar in 1962, the rapid economic and social development in Brazil was a topic heatedly debated throughout the world. Hugo Niebeling, working abroad for the first time as a filmmaker , created an extraordinary work. In a furious, and for his contemporaries, disturbing rhythmic collage, he describes the history and development of the country, all the way to Brasilia, the new upcountry capital. The fact that the second part of the film is dedicated to the development toward an industrialized society is due to the checkered history of the film's origin. Was ALVORADA an image film for Mannesmann, a documentary, a collage, or an epos? (Joachim Thommes)
An event of CineGraph Babelsberg in cooperation with the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv and the Deutsche Kinemathek. Introduction: Dr. Joachim Thommes (May 17)