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1942 birthsBrazilian film directorsBrazilian women film directorsBrazilian screenwritersLiving people


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Helena Solberg
Born
Helena Solberg-Ladd


June 17, 1938

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Occupation
Film director, screenwriter, filmmaker
Years active1966–present
Spouse(s)David Mayer

Helena Solberg-Ladd (Rio de Janeiro, June 17, 1938) is a Brazilian-born documentarist who, since 1971, has made her career in the United States.[1]


In 1983, she won a News & Documentary Emmy Award with 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.[2] Solberg is the only woman to participate in the "Cinema Novo" in Brazil.[3]




Contents





  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Themes


  • 3 Legacy


  • 4 Selected filmography (director)


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Biography


Helena Solberg was born in Rio de Janeiro, daughter of Norwegian father and Brazilian mother, lived for a long time in New York City, has established itself 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.[4] 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.


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.[5]


Her latest work and first fiction feature film is Vida de Menina, based on the book by Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant, awarded with six prizes at the Gramado Film Festival 2004: Best Film, Screenplay, Photography, Soundtrack, Art Direction and Best Film by the audience.[6]


She has two German grandchildren and a daughter who lives in the United States with the two kids.



Themes


Helena Solberg's works provide examples of feminism in film and struggles with identity. Two of her movies, Carmen Miranda and Vida de Menina show intersections between these two themes. In an interview with actress Kate Lyra, Solberg describes the character from Vida de Menina as “very transgressive, a girl always testing the limits, always passing judgement on everything and everyone around her and it is in a in a way, a microcosm of Brazil.[7]” Solberg uses her movies as tools for learning, describing individual stories as examples of larger themes and issues people across Brazil can identify with.[7]



Legacy


Her third film The Double Day (1975) is often cited as the first feminist film covering Latin America.[8] Her emphasis on diversity is also reflected in her production process, which relies on locally recruited film crews and a female-majority crew in the case of The Double Day. According to Solberg, this encourages her subjects to feel more comfortable during interviews.[9]


Recent film analysis has criticized some of her earlier work, such as The Double Day for homogenizing Latin America. Many of her films are intended for U.S. audiences and are therefore narrated exclusively in English for U.S. audiences. As a result, few of her early films have been translated into Spanish because of budget constraints.[8]



Selected filmography (director)

































































Year
Title
Credited as
Note
1966

A Entrevista
Director and Producer

1970

Meio Dia

1975

The Double Day


The Emerging Woman

1978

Simplesmente Jenny

American Film Festival
—Blue Ribbon Award
1982

From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today
Director and Co-producer

News & Documentary Emmy Award
—Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story (Program)
Chicago International Film Festival
—Silver Hugo Award
American Film Festival
—Red Ribbon Award
Global Village Festival
—Outstanding Documentary

The Brazilian Connection

Global Village Festival
—Best Documentary
1983

Chile: By Reason or By Force

1986

Portrait of a Terrorist
Director


Home of the Brave
Director and Co-producer

1987

Made In Brazil
Director

1990

The Forbidden Land
Director and Co-producer
—PBS International Award
1995

Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business
Narrator, Director and Co-producer

Brasilia Film Festival
—Best Documentary
—Best Sound Editing
—Critics Award
—Jury Award
Havana Film Festival
—Best Documentary
Uruguay International Film Festival
—Best Documentary
Chicago International Film Festival
—Best Documentary
Encontro Internacional de Cinema de Portugal
—Best Documentary
1997

Brasil em Cores Vivas
Director

2005

Vida de Menina
Director

Gramado Film Festival
—Best Film
—Popular Jury Award
—Best Cinematography
—Best Art Direction
—Best Soundtrack
—Best Screenplay
2009

Palavra (En)cantada
Director

Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro
—Best Documentary Film
2013

A Alma da Gente
Director

Festival do Rio
—Best Direction


References




  1. ^ Burton, Julianne. "Helena Solberg-Ladd (Brazil and United States)". Retrieved July 8, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "CBS wins 17 Emmys in news competition". October 18, 1983. p. The Day. Retrieved July 8, 2014.


  3. ^ Rubin, Nani (April 5, 2014). "Helena Solberg, a única mulher do cinema novo, ganha retrospectiva". O Globo. Retrieved July 8, 2014.


  4. ^ "AS VERDADES DE HELENA E GLÓRIA". Jornal do Brasil. June 22, 1967. Retrieved May 20, 2015.


  5. ^ "CINEASTRA - Helena Solberg". cinelatinoamericano.org/. Retrieved July 8, 2014.


  6. ^ ""Vida de Menina" é eleito melhor filme em Gramado". Terra Networks. August 21, 2004.


  7. ^ ab UA Center for Latin America Studies (2018-09-17), Helena Solberg Interview las 460/560, retrieved 2018-11-01


  8. ^ ab Foster, David William (July 2012). "This Woman Which is One: Helena Solberg-Ladd'sThe Double Day". Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research. 18 (1): 55–64. doi:10.1080/13260219.2012.691261. ISSN 1326-0219.


  9. ^ Solberg-Ladd, Helena. “The View from the United States.” pp. 81–102.




External links



  • Helena Solberg on IMDb

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