FrontCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Film of the Year; Star Study; Film-makers; Cultural Crossover; The Re-emergence of Brazilian Cinema: A Brief History; Festival Focus; Early Years; Aves sem ninho; Caiçara; Fragmentos davida; Ganga bruta; Hello, Hello, Carnival!; In the Land of the Amazons; Limite; Mulher; São Paulo, Symphony of a Metropolis; Song of the Sea; Cinema Novo; Barren Lives; The Brave Warrior; The Dare; The Given Word; The Guns; Macunaíma; Porto das Caixas; A Public Opinion; São Bernardo; The Turning Wind; Gender; At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul.

Black God, White DevilGiselle; If I Were You; The Lawyer's Daughter; Neither Samson Nor Delilah; Possible Loves; Super Woman; Vera; Women in Fury; Music; Antônia; Antônio das Mortes; Black Orpheus; Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop; Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands; It's Over For You, 1970s; Maids, The Film; Me, You, Them; Rio, Northern Zone; The Two Sons of Francisco; Afro-Brazilian Identity; Almost Brothers; Besouro; Carandiru; City of God; Jubiabá; Madame Satan; Orfeu; The Plantation Owner's Daughter; Quilombo; Xica da Silva; The Representation of the Brazilian Indian; Ajuricaba.

At Play in the Fields of the LordBrave New Land; Birdwatchers; Caramuru -- a invenção do Brasil; The Discovery of Brazil; Hans Staden; The Hills of Disorder; How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman; Iracema; Diaspora; Desmundo; Gaijin: A Brazilian Odyssey; O Homem que virou suco; Jean Charles; Now Boarding; Olga; O Quatrilho; Saudate for the Future; Two Lost in a Dirty Night; The Year My Parents Went on Vacation; Documentary; ABC of Strike; Bus 174; Di/Glauber; Garrincha, Joy of the People; Playing; Prisoner of the Iron Bars; Rio, 40 Degrees; Santiago; Twenty Years Later; Viramundo; Adaptation.

Bocage -- The Triumph of LoveThe Deceased; Hour of the Star; Mutum; Prison Memories; Tent of Miracles; To the Left of the Father; The Trespasser; Turbulence; What's the Price Or Is It by Kilo?; Comedy; All Is Well; Candinho; Carlota Joaquina: Princess of Brazil; The Deviant Baroness; A Dog's Will; The Man Who Copied; The Sputnik Man; Stories That Our Baby Sitters Would Not Tell Us; The Street Acrobats; The Three Outlaws; Road Movie; Bye Bye Brazil; Central Station; Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures; Foreign Land; A Hungarian Passport; I Travel Because I Have to, I Come back Because I Love You.

The Middle of the WorldPachamama; Suely in the Sky; Recommended Reading; Brazilian Cinema Online; Test Your Knowledge; Notes on Contributors; Filmography; BackCover.