Helena Solberg

Helena Solberg (born June 17, 1938, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-born documentarist who, since 1971, has made her career in the United States. She is recognized as the only woman to participate in "Cinema Novo" movement in Brazil.

Helena Solberg
Born
Maria Helena Collet Solberg

June 17, 1938
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, filmmaker
Years active1966–present
SpouseDavid Mayer

In 1983, Solberg received an Emmy Award for From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today, documentary on a new society that born of political turmoil in Central America and the role that the U.S. plays in determining its future.

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