For my presentation last week I was assigned to discuss Glauber Rocha and his documentary Di Calvacanti (1977) in which we discussed the topic of ethics in filming, capturing those who we love, and the documentary style of Rocha. I wanted to touch upon however the concept of which Rocha filmed his deceased friend, Emiliano Di Cavalcanti; and focus on is it unethical to film a funeral in a way such as Rocha. For starters, Rocha filmed in such a way where his film had gotten banned by the family of Cavalcanti, but was this justified? On one hand you can exclaim that Rocha was being irrational, and bringing a grotesque approach to this cinematic technique. However, if looked at by the other perspective, you can say this was perhaps a cry for help in the purest form. From what we see in the film Di Calvacanti, we can clearly see this psychotic state coming from Rocha in describing his friends death. It may seem poorly thought out at first, but rather it is one of Rocha’s purest forms of work as he felt that Di Calvacanti must be filmed in a cinema novo-esque manner, truly praising one of Brazil’s greatest painters.