A Cidade do Salvador (Petróleo Jorrou na Bahia)

It cannot be denied that the great Rogério Sganzerla had one of the most incredible access to historical archive images of the 20th century while composing "A Cidade do Salvador (Petróleo Jorrou na Bahia)", which covers the early days when oil was found in Salvador and the whole issues pertaining how the oil industry would serve the interests of Bahia state and population, and the whole controversy on how to get such oil. The film establishes the many quarrels and obstacles just fine. But it's a quite tiring documentary despite its limited time due to a bored narrator - same thing happened when Sganzerla made a short doc on Noel Rosa, and after a while you don't care about anything despite the interesting yet unfamiliar topic discussed. Yet there are relics of Brazilian images of the early 20th century that makes you in awe for its quality and historical content. Pity those cannot be a point of judgment in qualifying this film's greatness. There has to be more. 5/10.