The following interview with filmmaker Marcel Camus was recorded during the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, where BLACK ORPHEUS ultimately won the Palme d’Or. The interview was conducted by François Chalais for the French television program “Reflets de Cannes” and originally broadcast on May 10, 1959.

This rare interview with Marpessa Dawn, who plays Eurydice in BLACK ORPHEUS, was recorded for the French television program “Nord actualités télé” and originally broadcast on March 20, 1963.

The French-Brazilian-Italian coproduction BLACK ORPHEUS is often considered less a Brazilian film than one with a decidedly European perspective. In this 2010 interview, Brazilian film scholar Robert Stam discusses this criticism and BLACK ORPHEUS’s importance in film history.

BLACK ORPHEUS introduced an international audience to the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro. In the following program, produced in 2010, jazz historian Gary Giddins and Brazilian author Ruy Castro recall the roots of the film’s score and the role it played in popularizing the bossa nova sound.

This 2005 documentary by René Letzgus and Bernard Tournois traces the making of BLACK ORPHEUS, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today. It features interviews with actors Breno Mello and Léa Garcia; musicians Gilberto Gil, Seu Jorge, Roberto Menescal, and Milton Nascimen...