Directors
Aida Marques
Born in Niterói, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1954. She studied cinema and literature in Paris and returned to Brazil in 1979 to work with editing for Embrafilme until 1987. She was awarded prizes on eleven occasions at different festivals in Brazil and has edited over forty films, amongst these, a feature, Tensão no Rio (1982, as assistant), by Gustavo Dahl, a medium-length film, A Igreja da Libertação (1985), by Silvio Da-Rin, and short films such as Geléia Geral (1986) and Dama da Noite (1987), both by Sandra Werneck, and Memória do Sangue (1987), by Conceição Senna. She is professor of cinema and video at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), in Rio de Janeiro. Expedito - A Country Poet is her first film.
Beto Novaes
Born in São Carlos, São Paulo, in 1945. Professor of Economy at the UFRJ Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro, José Roberto Novaes is a researcher and
makes documentaries for video, on subjects related to the
world of labor and for a reminder of the struggle of rural laborers. He directed two short films Sonhos de Criança and Rurais da CUT.