The films of this period were mainly low-budget films which were screen on location to utilize the natural beauty of the arid Sertão where these films took a realistic view at Brazil's social condition and portray poverty, drought and race discrimination which where beautifully highlighted in black and white and play out by non-professional actors. ... However, starting from 1908 and lasting a period of four to five years the period Bela Epoca (golden age) were born where it was characterise by low-budget, black and white silent films where the producers were not constrain by any polici...

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