O Conjunto Arquitetônico do Pelourinho

Luiz Fernando Goulart's piece on Pelourinho, an architect marvel of Brazil from the 18th Century colonial period, presents some background about the town in Bahia state, the historical places and its art, mostly present on churches with paintings, statues and the use of gold on portals and everything.

It's a mere observer's look rather than the documentary format where you have a host/reporter destined to keep commenting on things and later on make a critical observation on preserving history or some situation going on. Veteran actor Paulo José narrates and we watch the streets, the churches, the works of art, all amazing to look at.

Like many of Goulart other educational shorts from that decade, the viewer gets a delightful view of things, gets a nice education through everything and if curious will want to search more. A lot better than seeing those smiley Globo Repórter travelers. 6/10.