Orfeu Negro (1959)
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Film programs
Books with substantial mentioning of Orfeu Negro
| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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| Frank N. Magill (ed.) Magill's Survey of Cinema, Foreign Language Films. Volume 1 A-CED Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1985 |
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Articles on Orfeu Negro
| Monica S. Cyrino, Magic, Music, Race: Screening "Black Enchantment" after Black Orpheus (1959), in: Monica S. Cyrino and Meredith E. Safran (eds.), Classical myth on screen, New York, 2015 |
Reviews
| David Parkinson, Black Orpheus, in: Empire, nr. 198 (December), 2005 pp. 51 |
