Brazilian filmmaker, playwright and cultural activist Orlando Senna dies at 86, according to multiple reports. Variety says he dies on June 9 in Rio de Janeiro from pneumonia. Both outlets identify Senna’s best-known work as his direction of the 1974 feature “Iracema” (also titled “Iracema: Uma Transa Amazonica”), co-directed with Jorge Bodanzky. The film is described as a hard-hitting social realist work and is frequently cited among the best Brazilian films of its era, and in some lists of Brazilian cinema. Variety additionally characterizes Senna as energetic and tireless, with a career spanning film and writing as well as cultural activism, while noting his wide influence beyond a single title. Times of India focuses on his role as the director of “Iracema,” repeating the film’s reputation and year of release. The reports agree on Senna’s death, his age, his central association with “Iracema,” and the film’s social realist reputation.