The Expansion of 16mm in Film Distribution and Exhibition in Postwar Brazil

Abstract

This essay explores the diverse modes of exhibition of 16mm in post– World War II Brazil, when projectors and prints in this gauge gained widespread use. In this way, our case study reflects a different chronology for the rising popularity of 16mm technology than that of the United States and some European countries. Here we argue that the impact of 16mm was felt in postwar Brazil in both theatrical and non- theatrical circuits, stimulating the proliferation of film clubs in major cities but also the opening of commercial 16mm movie theaters around the country. It is true