Director
Helena Solberg
June 17, 1938 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.
Full filmography · 16
Meu Corpo, Minha Vida
Writer and Director
2017
Our Stories, Ourselves
Director
2013
Palavra (En)Cantada
Director
2009
Diary of a Provincial Girl
Director and Writer
2003
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
as Narrator and Director
1995The Forbidden Land
Director
1990
As Kineastas
cast
1986
Portrait of a Terrorist
Director
1985
Home of the Brave
Director
1985
Chile: By Reason or By Force
Director
1983
From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today
as Narrator and Director
1982
Simplemente Jenny
Writer and Director
1977