Reinaldo Cardenuto is a professor at Fluminense Federal University (Brazil). Among the books he has written are Antonio Benetazzo, permanências do sensível (Antonio Benetazzo, permanences of the sensitive) (2016) and Por um cinema popular: Leon Hirszman, política e resistência (In defense of a popular cinema: Leon Hirszman, politics and resistance) (2020, finalist for the Jabuti Award). He also makes documentaries, notably Entre imagens (intervalos) (Among Images [Intervals]) (2016) and Acabaram-se os otários, uma reconstituição (No More Suckers, a Reconstruction) (2019-25). He is currently conducting research on the relationships between history, cinema, dramaturgy, and theater.
