JOÃO CARLOS RODRIGUES


The researcher discussed the participation of Afro-descendants in Brazilian audiovisual production. João Carlos Rodrigues is a journalist, researcher, writer, playwright, and film director. He edited “Filme Cultura” (Movie Culture) magazine, co-authored the script to the feature film "Rio Babilônia", directed by Neville d'Almeida, and produced the CDs “Cult Alf” and “Johnny Alf/Eu e a bossa”, both by Johnny Alf. Rodrigues, an expert in Brazilian cinema, writes books that analyze national film production, and Indian and Black characters. He criticizes the caricatural style and the recurrence of certain stereotypes. Some of his books and articles include “O índio brasileiro e o cinema” (Brazilian Indians and cinema, 1981), “O negro brasileiro e o cinema” (Brazilian Afro-descendants and cinema, 1988), “Catálogo bibliográfico de João do Rio 1881-1921” (Bibliographical catalogue of João do Rio1881-1921, 1993), “João do Rio: uma biografia” (João do Rio: a biography, 2001), "El negro brasileño em el cinema de ficción” (“Miradas Magazine”, International Cinema and TV School, Cuba, 2004).

Born in Rio de Janeiro, 1949, João lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.



ESSAY - "OBSERVATIONS ON BLACKS IN THE BRAZILIAN CINEMA" (PDF)