Ismail Xavier Editor & Author

Glauber Rocha (1939-1981) is Brazil’s most important filmmaker and founder of the 1960s and ‘70s Cinema Novo movement. His films are landmarks of Brazilian and world film history. He was also a prolific writer and film critic, whose critical thought made a decisive contribution to the notion of Third Cinema. Ismail Xavier is Professor of Film at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His book Allegories of Underdevelopment: Aesthetics and Politics in Modern Brazilian Cinema (1997) marks a milestone in Brazilian cinema studies. Editorial co-ordination by Lúcia Nagib, University of Reading, UK. Translation by Cecília Mello, Stephanie Dennison and Charlotte Smith