Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Influencing Understandings of Brazilianness in O Aleijadinho: Paixão, glória e suplício (2000) -- 2. Modeling National Identity on Religious Identity in Cafundó (2005) -- 3. Multiple, Provisional, National Identity Models in Quilombo (1984) -- 4. Alternative Understandings of the National Community in Chico Rei (1985) -- 5. Flirting with Viewers and Precariously Rethinking Brazilianness in Xica da Silva (1976) -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.