Black God, White Devil

Wanted for murder, Manuel and his wife are on the run in Glauber Rocha's masterpiece and banner film of Brazil's Cinema Novo movement.

After killing his boss, outlaw Manuel (Geraldo del Rey) flees with his wife Rosa (Yoná Magalhães) to the sertão, a barren landscape of Northern Brazil where they come under the influence of a series of frightening cult figures. Shuttled between the “Black God” and “White Devil”, Manuel and Rosa’s struggle for survival escalates when a hitman is hired to hunt down every combatant in the region.

In addition to writing and directing the film, Rocha wrote the folk songs scored by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Sergio Ricardo. Black God White Devil became the banner film of Brazil’s Cinema Novo movement. Its artistic achievement, acknowledged by Luis Buñuel and Bernardo Bertolucci, has made it a seminal classic of film history.