Black Orpheus (1959) Directed by Marcel Camus. 1hr 40min.
Guest programmed with a live introduction by the Portland Art Museum Black Art and Experiences Gallery, join us for a special screening of Black Orpheus—the aesthetic and pulsating film that explodes with sound and color.
Winner of both the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus (Orfeu negro) brings the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the twentieth-century madness of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. With its eye-popping photography and ravishing, epochal soundtrack, Black Orpheus was an international cultural event, and it kicked off the bossa nova craze that set hi-fis across America spinning. (Criterion Collection)
Part of PAM CUT @ The Whitsell’s inaugural film series, Maximalist Dreamscapes. These bold, visionary films don’t just show us what is—they construct alternate possibilities, expand our perception of the world, and open portals to entirely new dimensions.
