A film based on a poem by Cassiano Ricardo that described the city of São Paulo with its factories, houses, streetcars, lights, life, etc.; a young woman recited the poem while the images showed what she was saying. "Canto da Raça" was never even shown; Getúlio Vargas ordered the censors to seize it on charges of "parochialism." The film was burned; not even the negative survived; everything was burned.
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José Medina Director · Cassiano Ricardo Writer Gilberto Rossi Cinematographer
First release December 1, 1941
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Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · December 1, 1941
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