Amazon modernity revealed
Amazon modernity revealed: in the recent BBC4 programme Unnatural Histories: Amazon, Dr Luciana Martins highlights the work of pioneer Portuguese filmmaker Silvino Santos, who in 1922 produced a remarkable documentary film that displayed the Amazon as a vibrant, productive region, placing it in the forefront of Brazilian modernity.
Luciana is Senior Lecturer in Luso-Brazilian Studies.
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- Portuguese and Brazilian Studies (BA)
- Culture and Language (Portuguese) (BA)
- Linguistics and Language (Spanish/Portuguese/French/German/Japanese) (BA)
- Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Cultural Studies (MA / MRes)
