Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol 1964

A.H. Weiler, New York Times: Simple, black-and-white, more arresting as a shocking polemic than as memorable drama. Read more

Ted Shen, Chicago Reader: The fusion of European and Afro-Brazilian elements -- dialogue, exquisite black-and-white images, and music by Villa-Lobos -- is startlingly original and poetical in conveying the hope and despair of the oppressed. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Strongly recommended. Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: For all its heroic energy, hortatory anger, and impulsive youth, it's very much a philosophical work of its time, a majestic fantasy of no way out. Read more

Time Out: Rocha's project is fundamentally political, and completely unambiguous: he faces up to the contradictions of his country in an effort to understand, to crush mystiques, and to improve. Read more