"he made the sun rise"

The 1959 motion picture, Black Orpheus, will offer an opportunity for students taking this course to explore the political and social meanings of "blackness" in and outside the United States. Here is a clip featuring the final scene from the movie, which is set in the city of Rio de Janeiro during the festive Carnaval celebration. It retells a story about the Greek musician and prophet Orpheus and his wife, Eurydice.