Representations in Popular Culture
Alves was portrayed by Paulo Maurício in the 1949 film Vendaval Maravilhoso, loosely based on Jorge Amado's 1941 book ABC de Castro Alves, and by Bruno Garcia in Sílvio Tendler's 1999 documentary Castro Alves: Retrato-Falado do Poeta.
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