Black God, White Devil

An allegory of the human struggle, Black God, White Devil is set in the 1930’s Brazil, in the process of transition from rural to urban structures. After murdering a tyrannical coronel, Manoel flees with his wife, Rosa, and joins a religious group that fights against the oppression of large landowners – but meanwhile these landowners hired a man named António das Mortes to kill them. Glauber Rocha’s aesthetic is strongly influenced by the 1960’s period of intellectual upheaval and change, caused by the political crisis and artistic renewal.