Sylvio Back
Sylvio Back is film-maker, essayist and poet. He is autodidact and started working in the film industry in 1962. So far he has made 34 films, including documentaries for the Brazilian TV station Globo and eight full-length features. His themes are the life, history and culture of the South of Brasil.
Filmography
Lance Maior/The Highest Bid (1968), A Guerra dos Pelados (1971), Aleluia, Gretchen/Hallelujah, Gretchen (1976), Revoluçao de 30/The 1930 Revolution (1980), República Guarani/Guarani Republic (1982), Guerra do Brasil (1987), Rádio Auriverde/Radio Brazil (1991), Yndio do Brasil/Our Indians (1995)
Sylvio Back at IFFR
Yndio do Brasil
70'
Brazil
IFFR 1996