Helena Solberg
Directing · Director · Writer · Producer
Born Jun 17, 1938 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Active 1966–present
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.
Filmography
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995) — Narrator · Director · ProducerDiary of a Provincial Girl (2003) — Director · WriterThe Double Day (1975) — Writer · DirectorOur Stories, Ourselves (2013) — Director · ProducerPalavra (En)Cantada (2009) — Director · ScreenplayThe Forbidden Land (1990) — DirectorThe Interview (1966) — DirectorNoon (1969) — Writer · Producer · Editor · DirectorFrom the Ashes: Nicaragua Today (1982) — Narrator · Co-Producer · DirectorAs Kineastas (1986)The Emerging Woman (1974) — Producer · DirectorSimplemente Jenny (1977) — Writer · DirectorUm Filme para Beatrice (2024) — Director · WriterMeu Corpo, Minha Vida (2017) — Writer · DirectorPortrait of a Terrorist (1985) — DirectorHome of the Brave (1985) — DirectorChile: By Reason or By Force (1983) — DirectorThe Brazilian Connection (1983) — DirectorBrazil in Living Colour (1997) — Director