Brazilian Science Fiction Film - A Critical History

The first book-length account of Brazilian science fiction cinema.
This book offers a pioneering critical history of Brazilian science fiction (SF) cinema, from its first appearances in the mid-twentieth century to the present. Though frequently overlooked by scholars, SF cinema from the Global South has reinvigorated the genre in recent decades. In this comprehensive study-the first of its kind in either English or Portuguese-Alfredo Suppia draws out the unique features and universal resonance of SF film in Brazil, a country that has fittingly been called "the land of the future." In Suppia's analysis, Brazilian SF stems from and responds to a long history of inequality in which everyday reality has often resembled a movie-like dystopia. Analyzing both short and feature films in the context of social, political, and economic transformations, Suppia rethinks SF film in general from a southern perspective.

About the author

Alfredo Suppia is Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas-SP, Brazil. He is the author of Atmosfera Rarefeita: A Ficção Científica no Cinema Brasileiro and coeditor (with Ewa Mazierska) of Red Alert: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema.

Product details

• Authors: Alfredo Suppia, Suppia Alfredo
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2025
• EAN: 9798855800470
• ISBN: 9798855800470
• No. of pages: 393
• Series: SUNY series in Latin American Cinema
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Brazil, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, 21st Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Horror, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Film, TV & radio, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, History of the Americas, Film: styles & genres, Film Theory & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, Film history, theory or criticism