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Cinema Novo was a movement among Brazil ian Filmmakers in the 1950s and 1960s . It is encapsulated in the Portuguese phrase "Uma câmera na mão e uma idéia na cabeça" ("a camera in the hand and an idea in the head"). The movement included directors Glauber Rocha , Nelson Pereira Dos Santos , Carlos Diegues and Joaquim Pedro De Andrade . Its main topics revolved around Brazilian poverty, mainly using the dry northeast and large cities as settings.


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