"The Aesthetics of Hunger" is the manifesto of the Brazilian Cinema Novo movement, which is known for creating politically and socially engaged films with low budgets and employing non-professional actors. The motto of Cinema Novo was "A camera in your hand and an idea in your head." The films we watched for this week are part of the Cinema Novo Movement.

Rocha says that "Cinema Novo is an ongoing process of exploration that is making our thinking clearer, freeing us from the debilitating delirium of hunger." He describes Cinema Novo filmmakers as "... prepared to film the truth and to oppose the hypocrisy and repression of intellectual censorship" and "ready to place his cinema and his profession at the service of the great causes of his time." How does this apply to "Maranhão 66" and "Aruanda"? Be sure to write about both films in your response.

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