Fernando Gabeira

Fernando Gabeira

Born: February 17, 1941
in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira (January 17, 1941) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and politician. He began his journalistic career as a reporter at Jornal do Brasil. In 1970, was arrested in São Paulo by the military dictatorship, went into exile and passed through several countries, including Chile, Sweden and Italy.

In 1979, returned to Brazil and worked as a journalist and writer. He was a candidate for the government of Rio de Janeiro in 1986; elected federal deputy in 1994 and re-elected in 1998 and 2002.

Gabeira dedicated himself to an intense literary production, building the first critical analyzes of the armed struggle and promoting discussions on topics such as individual freedoms and ecology.

Movies for Fernando Gabeira...

Marcos Medeiros - Codinome Vampiro
Title: Marcos Medeiros - Codinome Vampiro
Character: Self
Released: March 31, 2018
Type: Movie
Learn about the trajectory of student leader Marcos Medeiros and learn more about his exile in France and Cuba. In 1968, he joined the counterculture when political activism became an audiovisual expression of intervention in social reality.
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Gabeira
Title: Gabeira
Character: Fernando Gabeira
Released: November 23, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about the trajectory of the Brazilian journalist, writer and politician Fernando Gabeira. With testimonies of Armínio Fraga, Aguinaldo Silva, Leda Nagle, among others.
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Title: Conversa com Bial
Released: May 3, 2017
Type: TV
With decades of experience of reporting and a curious spirit for the history of the other, Pedro Bial presents a wide space to listen, give opinions and multiply opinions.
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Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
Title: Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
Character: Self - Mayoral Candidate 2008
Released: August 21, 2014
Type: Movie
A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011
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Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração
Title: Cine Paissandu: Histórias de uma Geração
Released: February 7, 2013
Type: Movie
Documentary about the cinema that formed the Paissandu Generation, in the 60s, and the cultural and social impact of that period for the country's history.
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O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
Title: O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
Character: Self
Released: August 19, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the first vehicles of the alternative Brazilian press, produced daily for six months, in the 1960s. The newspaper spoke of culture, politics and education through satires and prominent figures in the cultural scene of the time passed through him. Archive scenes and music from the period seek to reconstitute the spirit of the 68-generation. The film has the participation of personalities such as Ziraldo, Zuenir Ventura, Arnaldo Jabor, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Carlos Heitor Cony, Fernando Gabeira, Betty Faria, Hugo Carvana, among others.
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Depois do Transe
Title: Depois do Transe
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
The documentary "Depois do Transe" covers the entire process of creating the masterpiece "Entranced Earth", which was released and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967. "Entranced Earth" charmed the world and won great admirers such as filmmaker Martim Scorsese and the writer Marguerite Duras, who at the time considered a "fabulous filmic opera."
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Como Ser Solteiro
Title: Como Ser Solteiro
Released: January 30, 1998
Type: Movie
A comedy addressing the issues of being single in Rio de Janeiro.
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O Velho - A História de Luiz Carlos Prestes
Title: O Velho - A História de Luiz Carlos Prestes
Character: Himself
Released: May 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Chronicles the life of military lieutenant, later communist militant and Brazilian politician Luiz Carlos Prestes.
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Portrait of a Terrorist
Title: Portrait of a Terrorist
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
In 1969, Fernando Gabeira was among terrorists who kidnapped Charles Burke Elbrick, then the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil. Eventually Gabeira was captured and tortured before being exiled from his homeland for eight years. He talks candidly about his experiences in captivity as well as the abduction and the motivation behind choosing Elbrick.