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Casa Grande & Senzala

2001 · 1 season

A thoughtful, talk-driven documentary series that walks slowly through a landmark book, feeling more like a warm lecture than television.

Created by
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Gilberto Freyre, Edson Nery da Fonseca, Vânia Terra
Overview
Narrated by Professor Edson Nery, a friend and biographer of the author, and featuring Vânia Terra, Gheuza Sena, Ellyne Peixoto, and Helena Menezes, this series of four documentaries offers an emotional exploration of Gilberto Freyre’s great body of work.

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Created by
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Gilberto Freyre, Edson Nery da Fonseca, Vânia Terra
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • class
  • identity
  • colonialism
  • art
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism10
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Created by
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Starring
Gilberto Freyre, Edson Nery da Fonseca, Vânia Terra, Gheuza Sena, Ellyne Peixoto, Hileana Menezes
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes
Network
GNT
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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