Black God, White Devil
| Black God, White Devil | |
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| Directed by | Glauber Rocha |
| Written by | Glauber Rocha |
| Produced by | Luiz Augusto Mendes |
| Starring | Yoná Magalhães Geraldo Del Rey Othon Bastos Maurício do Valle |
| Cinematography | Waldemar Lima |
| Edited by | Glauber Rocha Rafael Justo Valverde |
| Music by | Sérgio Ricardo |
Production company | Copacabana Filmes |
| Distributed by | Herbert Richers Copacabana Filmes |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Box office | $7,826 |
Black God, White Devil (Portuguese: Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol - pronounced [ˈdewz‿ij‿u d͡ʒiˈabu na ˈtɛʁɐ du sɔw]; literally, "God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun") is a 1964 Brazilian Revisionist Western film directed and written by Glauber Rocha, and starring Othon Bastos, Maurício do Valle, Yoná Magalhães, and Geraldo Del Rey.
Shot in Monte Santo, Bahia, it belongs to the Cinema Novo movement, addressing the sociopolitical setting of the 1960s Brazil. The film was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 37th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted Black God, White Devil the 2nd greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films.