BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL (DVD)

Myth, mysticism, and revolution collide in a blistering existential western from Glauber Rocha, the father of Brazils socially committed Cinema Novo movement. After killing his swindling boss, ranch hand Manoel (Geraldo Del Rey) goes on the run with his wife, Rosa (Yona Magalhaes). In the stark hinterlands, they join forces with armed bandits and pledge allegiance to a self-styled holy man who preaches revolt against rich landowners while perpetrating unspeakable acts of violence against the innocent. Suffused with antiauthoritarian fervor and the intensity of life in the desert, this landmark work of radical cinema is a scorched-earth allegory about mindless fanaticism and the allure of dead-end ideologies.TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration Audio commentary by restoration producer Lino Meireles New interview with film scholar Richard Pea Glauber the Movie, Labyrinth of Brazil (2003), a documentary on director Glauber Rocha Cinema Novo (2016), a documentary on