Helena Solberg

Helena Solberg

Helena Solberg (born June 17, 1938, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-born documentarist who, since 1971, has made her career in the United States. She is recognized as the only woman to participate in "Cinema Novo" movement in Brazil. In 1983, Solberg received an Emmy Award for From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today, documentary on a new society that born of political turmoil in Central America and the role that the U.S. plays in determining its future. Helena Solberg was born in Rio de Janeiro, daughter of a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother, lived for a long time in New York City, and established herself as a producer and director of documentaries in Brazil and the United States. She began her career from contact with big names of the new movies, as Carlos Diegues and Arnaldo Jabor, a time when she lived with them during the studies at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Solberg began in adolescence working as a reporter at the Metropolitano newspaper and by mastering English and French interviewed important names like the writer Clarice Lispector and also the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre. Her debut as a filmmaker occurred in 1966 with the short film A Entrevista. In 1969 directed Meio-dia, a fiction about the revolt of students in the classroom, with the context the period of military dictatorship in Brazil, Caetano Veloso's music, É proibido proibir (It is forbidden to forbid). In the 70s, she took up residence in the United States for about 30 years, where she directed several productions, among them: From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today (1982), which won a News & Documentary Emmy Award. From the 80s, began to produce a series of documentaries for international TV channels such as HBO, PBS, Channel 4, Radio and Television of Portugal, National Geographic Channel, among others. In 1995, she produced, wrote and directed her first feature film, Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business, a mixture of documentary and fictional recreation from the singer Carmen Miranda's life. With Bananas is my business she won the Best Films award of the audience, the critic and the jury at the Festival de Brasilia. The film also was awarded with the Golden Hugo for Best documentary at the Chicago International Film Festival and was selected among the 10 best in its category by the critic Andrew Sarris.

  • Title : Helena Solberg
  • Popularity : 0.479
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1938-06-17
  • Place of Birth : Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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  • Also Known As : Helena Solberg-Ladd
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Helena Solberg Movies

  • 1982
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    From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today

    From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1986
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    As Kineastas

    As Kineastas

    1 1986 HD

    Based on interviews with 15 women, including directors, producers and film actresses, a journey around the world is made, seeing the wars waged by...

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  • 2024
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    Um Filme para Beatrice

    Um Filme para Beatrice

    1 2024 HD

    ‘How are women doing in Brazil?’. It is this intriguing question, posed by an Italian journalist, that Helena Solberg tries to answer...

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  • 2023
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    Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy

    Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy

    1 2023 HD

    In 2018, Brazil’s 1988 Constitution turned thirty. Known as the Citizen Constitution, it was a landmark in the history of Brazil, the outcome...

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  • 1995
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    Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

    Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

    7.4 1995 HD

    A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti-frutti hat. From her arrival in the...

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  • 2003
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    Diary of a Provincial Girl

    Diary of a Provincial Girl

    6.8 2003 HD

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  • 2013
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    Our Stories, Ourselves

    Our Stories, Ourselves

    7.5 2013 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Emerging Woman

    The Emerging Woman

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1969
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    Noon

    Noon

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Noon

    Noon

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Double Day

    The Double Day

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1977
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    Simplemente Jenny

    Simplemente Jenny

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1969
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    Noon

    Noon

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1995
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    Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

    Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

    7.4 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

    Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business

    7.4 1995 HD

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  • 2009
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    Palavra (En)Cantada

    Palavra (En)Cantada

    6.4 2009 HD

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  • 2024
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    Um Filme para Beatrice

    Um Filme para Beatrice

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2024
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    Um Filme para Beatrice

    Um Filme para Beatrice

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2017
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    Meu Corpo, Minha Vida

    Meu Corpo, Minha Vida

    1 2017 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Interview

    The Interview

    6.5 1966 HD

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  • 1982
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    From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today

    From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today

    1 1982 HD

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  • 2003
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    Diary of a Provincial Girl

    Diary of a Provincial Girl

    6.8 2003 HD

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  • 1969
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    Noon

    Noon

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1985
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    Portrait of a Terrorist

    Portrait of a Terrorist

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Emerging Woman

    The Emerging Woman

    1 1974 HD

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  • 2017
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    Meu Corpo, Minha Vida

    Meu Corpo, Minha Vida

    1 2017 HD

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  • 1982
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    From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today

    From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Double Day

    The Double Day

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1977
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    Simplemente Jenny

    Simplemente Jenny

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1985
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    Home of the Brave

    Home of the Brave

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1983
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    Chile: By Reason or By Force

    Chile: By Reason or By Force

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Brazilian Connection

    The Brazilian Connection

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Forbidden Land

    The Forbidden Land

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1997
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    Brazil in Living Colour

    Brazil in Living Colour

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2013
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    Our Stories, Ourselves

    Our Stories, Ourselves

    7.5 2013 HD

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