The book is divided into two parts - the films which depict Jesus and those films in which Jesus becomes a metaphoric Christ-figure [...] It is a good reading, extremely well researched, and for the most part clear about its own limitations.
"Four years after its inception, Worldview International Foundation can look back on considerable achievements in the field of video training and production. Close to 150 video productions, more than 50 people trained in the use of video, 16 mm films that have reached an audience of several millions
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, assistance to media centres in a number of countries, international seminars, workshops and consultations - all under the leadership of the organisation's founder and Secretary General, Arne Fjørtoft. But the considerable and rapid growth of the organisation has also brought with it several problems that must be solved if Worldview International Foundation (WIF) shall be able to fullfill its idealistic and ambitious objectives." (Conclusions, page 7)
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"Focusing on a variety of filmmaker's use of narrative allegories for the “conservative modernization” Brazil and other nations underwent in the 1960s and 1970s, Ismail Xavier examines the way Cinema Novo transformed Brazil's cultural memory. Includes discussions of Black God, White Devil, Land
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in Anguish, Red Light Bandit, Macunaíma, Antônio das Mortes, The Angel Is Born, and Killed the Family and Went to the Movies." (Publisher description)
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