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Black Orpheus won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, [9] the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, [24] and the 1960 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film, and was nominated for the 1961 BAFTA Award for Best Film. In the last case, Brazil was credited together with France and Italy.
Orfeu da Conceição (Orpheus of the Conception) [a] is a stage play with music in three acts by Vinicius de Moraes and music by Antônio Carlos Jobim that premiered in 1956 in Rio de Janeiro. The play became the basis for the films Orfeu Negro ( Black Orpheus , 1959) and Orfeu (1999), and for the musicals Orfeu (Brazil, 2010) [ 1 ] and Black ...
Orpheus's mother taught him to make verses for singing. He is also said to have studied in Egypt. [56] Orpheus is said to have established the worship of Hecate in Aegina. [57] In Laconia Orpheus is said to have brought the worship of Demeter Chthonia [58] and that of the Κόρες Σωτείρας (Kóres Sōteíras; 'Saviour Maidens').
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [5]
Studies show Black professionals make up only 9 percent of STEM workers in the United States, with the representation gap even larger for Hispanic professionals.
Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...
Ohio created the Quality Model for STEM and STEAM Schools. [7] By Ohio statute, a STEAM school is designated as a type of STEM school. [8] In May of 2014, Rhode Island created the STEAM Now Coalition. [9] [10] In 2017, Nevada enacted legislation for the creation of a State Seal of STEM Program and a State Seal of STEAM Program. The STEAM seal ...
Orpheus and Eurydice, a sculpture by Auguste Rodin (1893) Orpheus Searching Eurydice in the Underworld , a painting by the Antwerp school [5] The Kiss , a painting by Gustave Klimt (1907) (Not explicitly Orpheus and Eurydice, but one interpretation of The Kiss is that it depicts their story) [ citation needed ]