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Born in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil, in 1939. One of the crucial names of Cinema Novo, he directed short films such as "O Pátio" (1959) and "Di Cavalcanti" (1977), which won the Jury Prize for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival, and feature films such as "Black God, White Devil" (1964), "Entranced Earth" (1967), winner of the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival; "Antonio das Mortes" (1969), winner of the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival; "Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças" (1970), "Claro" (1975), and "Age of the Earth" (1980, 4th Mostra). He was the object of several documentaries such as "Rocha que Voa" (2002), by Eryk Rocha, "Glauber the Movie, Labyrinth of Brazil" (2003, 27th Mostra), by Silvio Tendler, and "Glauber, Claro" (2020, 44th Mostra), by César Meneghetti. Glauber Rocha died in 1981 at the age of 42.