2005

Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

7/4

Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and famous family.

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Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

2005

Vinicius de Moraes

6/16

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius would enjoy.

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Vinicius de Moraes

2009

Dzi Croquettes

8/15

A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.

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Dzi Croquettes

2005

Looking for Black Orpheus

0/0

Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today.

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Looking for Black Orpheus

2006

Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra

0/0

Afroreggae Cultural Group DVD containing a concert and a documentary about the group's social and cultural work at the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

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Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra

2013

Viramundo

6/10

Gilberto Gil is among Brazil's most famous musicians, having influenced an entire generation in South America and beyond. Now in his seventies, he is serving as Brazil's first black Minister of Culture. Preoccupied with many realities of the modern world, such as racism and poverty, he embarks on a tour through the southern hemisphere— from aboriginal communities in Australia and the townships of South Africa, to the Brazilian Amazon— seeking to promote the power of cultural diversity in a globalized world.

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Viramundo

2012

Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust

5/3

The film follows the birth of Jorge Mautner up to his 17 years. He was born in Brazil shortly after his parents fled the Holocaust. Raised by a nanny who introduced him to Candomblé, Mautner became a precursor of the Tropicália, contributing to the construction of the identity of Brazilian music.

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Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust

2014

Dominguinhos

7/9

Through rare and precious footages and gigs with great artists such as Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Hermeto Pascoal, Djavan, Nara Leao, Luiz Gonzaga, among many others, "Dominguinhos" reveals this genius of Brazilian music, creator of a deeply authentic, universal and contemporary work. The film values the sensory cinematic experience, a journey driven by Dominguinhos his own.

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Dominguinhos

1977

Os Doces Bárbaros

8/7

The film records the commemorative tour of the ten years of the career of the Bahia singers Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa, who formed the group with the name of Doces Bárbaros (Sweet Barbarians), at the suggestion of Bethânia. Conceived to present the shows of the live album that would be released (Doces Bárbaros - Live), the documentary changed of tone when registering the arrest and judgment of Gilberto Gil and of a companion by possession of drugs. Gil was forced to go to a detox clinic, and only went out to participate in the programmed shows.

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Os Doces Bárbaros

1969

Bahia, For Example

8/1

Through folklore manifestations and diverse artistic expressions, the film is a document that exalts and honors the Bahian culture.

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Bahia, For Example

1981

Brasil

6/4

João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of his album Brasil.

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Brasil

2002

Viva São João!

7/2

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Viva São João!

2002

Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei

0/0

Tempo Rei is the first audiovisual record of Gilberto Gil's vast work, celebrating the artist's thirty-year career, celebrated in 1996. Gil recalls his artistic trajectory, recalls striking facts and reveals some intimacies. Completely filmed on film, it includes great successes of the artist like Madalena, Cores Vivas, Vamos Fugir, Procissão and Expresso 2222.

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Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei

1998

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

0/0

Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie follows his journey between Bahia, Brazil and Benin, Oriental Africa, showing places and people he met and his life study project: the Candomblé culture.

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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

2008

The Man Who Bottled Clouds

0/0

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.

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The Man Who Bottled Clouds

2012

Tropicália

7/17

Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as Tropicália, and the struggle its artists endured to protect their right to freely express revolutionary thought against the traditional Brazilian music of that time.

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Tropicália

2002

Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya

0/0

Gilberto Gil's 2002 album combines Brazilian pop with roots reggae. Featuring 11 of Bob Marley's greatest hits recorded in Tuff Gong Studios, Kingston, Jamaica. Includes special guest appearances from members of Bob Marley & The Wailers group. 16 tracks. Warner Music Latina.

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Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya

2006

Fabricating Tom Zé

4/1

The life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop Tom Zé's 2005 European Tour. The documentary shows a detailed vision of Tom Zé's personal musical universe, in which a guitar and a vacuum cleaner have the same melodic importance. In intimate interviews, he narrates different parts of his life and tells us about his musical debut in the early 60s, his downfall during the 70s, and his 90s comeback.

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Fabricating Tom Zé

2008

Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal

0/0

This film shines a light at the story of Jards Macalé, polemic artist and controversial character of Brazilian culture over the last four decades. Author of songs such as "Vapor Barato" and "Movimento dos Barcos", a partner in crime of poet Waly Salomão, guitar player and songwriter for Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso, actor and author of soundtracks in Nelson Pereira dos Santos' films, a personal friend of visual artists Lygia Clarke and Hélio Oiticica, but, first and foremost, someone who dreams of seeing the word "love" in the Brazilian flag.

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Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal

1995

The Mandarin

5/2

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of singing - whispering and softly saying the words - in a time when singers with potent voices ruled, was in a way a forerunner of Bossa Nova style.

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The Mandarin

1986

Talking Cinema

4/2

A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with conversations, thoughts, scenes of dance and literature excerpts.

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Talking Cinema

2009

Beyond Ipanema

0/0

This documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl from Ipanema" to explore how samba, Brazilectro and other Brazilian music styles have long captivated audiences and influenced musicians around the world. Mixing archival footage, fresh performances and interviews with leaders in the global music scene, Barra examines why Brazil's music consistently transcends boundaries of time and musical taste.

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Beyond Ipanema

1996

Bahia de Todos os Sambas

0/0

Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings a recording of the event, also featuring backstage, rehearsals, testimonies and some relaxing moments of these great names in Bahia's music.

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Bahia de Todos os Sambas

1983

Corações a Mil

4/4

University teacher investigates the life of a famous Brazilian musician, trying to discover the secret of mass communication through his songs and performances, while ultimately falling in love with one of his groupies.

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Corações a Mil

2008

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

7/25

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about the "the changing concept of copyright" directed by Brett Gaylor.

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RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

2013

Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia

10/1

Festive Land examines one of the largest and most extraordinary popular celebrations in the world, the week-long Carnival that brings more than two million people to the streets of Salvador, the capital of Bahia, in northeastern Brazil. Carnival is the most expressive showcase of the unique cultural richness of Bahia, where African culture has survived, prospered, and evolved, mixing with other Brazilian influences to create forms found nowhere else in the world. The film captures this unique cultural energy through extraordinary footage of musical performances, dances, religious manifestations, and street celebrations. At the same time, Carnival reflects the racial and social tensions of Brazil's heterogeneous society. At first glance there appear to be two million people chaotically mixed on the streets, but a more detailed look reveals how patterns of segregation driven by racial, social and economic differences continue in Carnival.

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Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia

1996

Jorge Amado

0/0

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Jorge Amado

2003

Born To Be Blind

6/4

Three blind sisters, Regina, Maria and Conceição, earn their living by singing in front of churches, in Brazil... They tell their amazing stories, full of drama, heartache, rape, poverty, death and hope.

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Born To Be Blind

2011

Canções do Exílio: A Labareda que Lambeu Tudo

4/1

Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jards Macalé and Jorge Mautner recall important moments during the military dictatorship the befell in Brazil from 1964 to 1985. The film presents the events of the prison, life in exile and the return to the country.

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Canções do Exílio: A Labareda que Lambeu Tudo

2001

Samba Riachão

0/0

Documentary about samba musician from Bahia Clementino Rodrigues, aka Riachão.

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Samba Riachão

2003

Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought

0/0

Life and legacy of Agostinho da Silva. Traversing the biographical journey, the life and work of the Luso-Brazilian philosopher, this work has testimonies from himself and various personalities of Portugal and Brazil that allow us to unravel his personality and multifaceted thought.

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Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought

2005

Phono 73: A Country and its Music

0/0

The biggest Brazilian historical festival of all time. The great cast of the 1973 Phonogram (now Universal Music) meets in three nights to protest against the curtailment of freedom of expression in those dark years of the dictatorship. With the images rescued in 2005, revealing exciting moments, containing the incredible presentations, it brings a team of all greatness and the opportunity to understand the path that Brazilian music has taken to the present day.

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Phono 73: A Country and its Music

1972

The Demiurge

6/3

A colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist revolution. "It's super-intellectual. A fable-musical-philosophical-chanchada", Mautner says. He also affirms that the work focuses a lot on the longing for Brazil, on the will that the exiled had to return to their homeland. The idea came from conversations between the musician and his old father, "always talking about the pre-Socratics", he recalls. Glauber Rocha states that "The Demiurge" is the best film "of" and "about" exile.

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The Demiurge

2016

Yorimatã

10/1

The lives of Luhli and Lucina, two especially important artists in the alternative cultural scene during the 1970s. In a time when transgression, love and peace guided behavior, we discover the love of two women for art, their spiritual universe, their lives in community and their three-way relationship with photographer Luiz Fernando Borges da Fonseca.

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Yorimatã

2002

Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico

0/0

Documentary about amazing Brazilian musician Rogério Duprat, main orchestrator of Tropicália, his rehearsals with Gal Costa, Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso. There's also the first performance of his 1958 "5 Pieces for a Solo Cello" and pieces of the only recording of "Organismo", serial work inspired by a Décio Pignatari's poem.

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Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico

1974

Passe Livre

0/0

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Passe Livre

1984

Making of - Quilombo

0/0

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Making of - Quilombo

2017

Axé: Music of a People

8/13

Originally from Bahia and considered today one of the most globalised musical movements in the world, Axé is a musical rhythm that carries in its essence a good part of all the musical and cultural syncretism of Bahia. The documentary brings together interviews and archive images outlining the birth of Axé.

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Axé: Music of a People

2016

Beard, Hair & Stache

0/0

Afonsinho, Paulo Cézar Caju and Nei Conceição started their careers in the mid-1960s, a time of strong political repression in Brazil. Originally teammates of a celebrated generation of the Botafogo football team superstars, they did not give up their freedom when the military dictatorship decided to take control of the field.

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Beard, Hair & Stache

1997

Ed Mort

5/11

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises, and important industry executive.

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Ed Mort

1988

Hunting Season

5/2

Hunting Season deals with the wave of homosexual murders that plagued São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s. With street statements and cultural and artistic figures such, such as Zé Celso, Jorge Mautner, Roberto Piva and others.

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Hunting Season

1994

Acústico MTV: Gilberto Gil

0/0

The special record for the series Acoustic MTV meets classic in the repertoire of Gilberto Gil as "Stage" tern "," Weather King ", among others. Also check the versions of" The New "and" Sampa ". Provenance: National Studio : Warner Music (Video) Original Title: Gilberto Gil - Acoustic Color: Color Release Year: 2001 Cast: GILBERTO GIL Recommendation: Region free DVD: Multi-Region

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Acústico MTV: Gilberto Gil

2012

Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!

0/0

A look of the 21st century for one of the most important cultural movements in Brazilian history. The production brings a mix of interviews, concerts, artistic interventions and actors in small sketches. An intersection of the social and artistic contexts of 68 with the current one.

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Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!

2003

Outros (Doces) Bárbaros

8/1

Almost thirty years after the first reunion of Doces Bárbaros (four of Brazil's major popular music stars: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa and Maria Bethânia), the artists involved decided to get together again for limited concerts in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, in December 2002. The film documents the group's live performances, rehearsals and interviews.

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Outros (Doces) Bárbaros

2010

A Night in 67

7/10

If you thought TV shows in which audiences and juries judge musical acts were a relatively new phenomenon, you'd better think again. In the 1970s, such "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil. They were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name star, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Gil. Appearing on such a program was no cakewalk, however: audiences could be as wild in their condemnation as in their appreciation of an artist. Extensive archive footage (including performances and behind-the-scenes interviews) from a turbulent final of the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music one evening in 1967 paints a fascinating picture, not only of the transformation of Brazilian music into real "festival" music, but also of a society starting to buck against the yoke of military rule.

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A Night in 67

2016

Pitanga

6/5

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.

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Pitanga

2008

Permanent Pan-Cinema

0/0

Documentary about Brazilian poet Waly Salomão, for whom life was always a fictional film and poetry was a way to expose any naturalistic pretension. His convictions affected many friends like Antonio Cícero, Caetano Veloso and the film's director Carlos Nader, who shoot Waly for 15 years. But how does one do a documentary about someone who believes everything is fiction?

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Permanent Pan-Cinema

2007

Cidade do Samba

0/0

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Cidade do Samba

2010

2012: Time for Change

6/9

2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable society into a regenerative planetary culture. This can be achieved through a personal and global change of consciousness and the systemic implementation of ecological design.

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2012: Time for Change

2016

Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico

9/3

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Chico Science: Um Caranguejo Elétrico

2004

MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo

9/3

Live performance by brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo recorded at Salvador, Brazil, presented by MTV.

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MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo

2009

Hello, Hello, Terezinha!

7/4

Hello, Hello, Terezinha! is a feature-length documentary about the country's biggest communication phenomenon. Politically incorrect, radical, renewing, Chacrinha changed Brazilian television forever and expressed a Brazil that was around it, but was not perceived. The film tells the great adventure of Abelardo Barbosa through the eyes of the presenter. It gathers the nuclei of its constellation - chacretes, fledglings and artists who passed through its programs - to identify their individualities and their emotions.

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Hello, Hello, Terezinha!

1989

Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

0/0

A look into the 25 years of career of famous musician Chico Buarque and his influence in Brazilian culture.

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Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

2017

Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

0/0

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Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

2015

Two Friends, a Century of Music

0/0

Two of the biggest names in 20th century pop music together on stage, accompanied by their guitars. In "Two Friends, A Century of Music", Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil celebrate their 50 years of career by retaking the partnership on stage. In simple and intimate arrangements, Gil and Caetano celebrate brilliant trajectories that began in the same place: Bahia. It was from the friendship that began at the time that they were students, that the two singers and composers gave origin to a partnership that, years later, would base one of the most expressive movements of Brazilian art, Tropicália.

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Two Friends, a Century of Music

2010

Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music

0/0

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Gilberto Gil, the Power of Music

1975

Gilberto Gil - Refazenda

0/0

In 1975 Gilberto Gil was releasing his album 'Refazenda', and talk a little about it in this interview.

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Gilberto Gil - Refazenda

2004

Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico

0/0

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Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico

2001

Toquinho

0/0

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Toquinho

2015

Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista

5/1

Rogério Duarte is one of the most important names in Tropicália, a Brazilian cultural movement of the 1960s. The plastic artist was one of the first to publicly denounce the tortures committed in the military regime. During the dictatorship, its political action and its cultural achievements mobilized many artists and inspired a whole generation.

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Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista

2011

Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano

9/3

Year-end special brought together three interpreters of Brazilian popular music - Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso and Ivete Sangalo - to honour the Brazilian woman.

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Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano

2018

All Love Songs

7/68

Chico and Ana move to an apartment in São Paulo. As they unpack Ana found a cassette tape. It's a mix-tape that Clarisse made 20 years earlier to her husband Daniel. Albeit separated by time, both stories will cross paths in a unique way.

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All Love Songs

2018

O Outro Lado da Memória

0/0

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O Outro Lado da Memória

2014

Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

0/0

A documentary on the restoration of Rogério Sganzerla's 1970 film "Copacabana, Mon Amour".

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Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

2012

Aperana Street 52

5/4

In his film Rua Aperana 52 Júlio Bressane describes the invention of a landscape, the topology of a corner of Rio de Janeiro. The film consists of a series of photographs taken between 1909 and 1955 by, among others, Bressane's parents at and around the address used as a title. These are interlarded with scenes from films made between 1957 and 2005, bringing the total fictional time the film covers to almost a century; one hundred years in which the winding road featured in almost every shot structures the new landscape behind the Aperana, which means 'wrong road'. Rua Aperana 52 is autobiographical, as it is a landscape from Bressane's youth, but it is also not so; it is more a multi-subjective mythology of a place seen through all those films and photographs. Bressane refers to his editing as an intuitive form of thinking aimed at evoking moods which make the viewer the new witness of the fictional landscape. A fiction about a fiction,

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Aperana Street 52

1979

Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music

0/0

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Caterina Valente presents Brazilian music

2017

Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

8/2

The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in several fields, including music, journalism, and cinema. He was an active participant in the revolution of Tropicália and marginal art, which changed the course of Brazilian culture in the 1960s and 1970s, until he committed suicide on his 28th birthday.

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Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

2019

Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1

0/0

The documentary goes through works composed by the Bahian musician between 1968 and 1987. Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil, one of the most well-known members of the Tropicália generations, revisits some of his most famous works on this documentary.

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Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1

2019

Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar

10/1

Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not know is his pioneering work in introducing candomblé into Brazilian popular music. Recreating in a poetic way concepts present in Caymmi's work and life, the documentary revelation of the artist from his own lines, mined in old magazines.

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Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar

2019

O Barato de Iacanga

8/24

Participants recall a series of festivals held on a farm in Brazil during the '70s and '80s that evolved into liberating celebrations of music.

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O Barato de Iacanga

2001

Brazil's Maria Bethânia

0/0

This is a journey of friendship, an Argentinian is going to rediscover his continent while searching for his friend from Bahia. And while the work, the records and the career of this great lady of Brazilian music are well known, the starting point, the training, the first years remained till now in a vaguely legendary and imprecise blur. Thanks to many investigations that concern as many places as times, thanks to journeys back in time through the towns and regions, the film seeks the origins of Maria Bethânia’s voice and style. Helped and led by Bethânia herself, with the assistance of Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque, the two princes of Brazilian music, along with the complicity of the great Gilberto Gil, the author is allowed to go to the first context : the North-East. In the family home in Santo Amaro, the film finally touches the childhood of Maria Bethânia – and her brother Caetano, and this mysterious point – from which the music radiates.

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Brazil's Maria Bethânia

2019

Refavela 40

7/3

In 1976, Gilberto Gil traveled to Lagos (Nigeria) with the purpose of participating in the Second Festival of Black Art and Culture. The event had the participation of approximately fifty thousand Afro-descendant and Diaspora artists. After the trip, Gil released the album Refavela. The documentary celebrates the 40th anniversary of this album essential album for the Brazilian Popular Music.

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Refavela 40

1970

O Tempo e o Som

0/0

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O Tempo e o Som

2006

O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento

0/0

Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the first vehicles of the alternative Brazilian press, produced daily for six months, in the 1960s. The newspaper spoke of culture, politics and education through satires and prominent figures in the cultural scene of the time passed through him. Archive scenes and music from the period seek to reconstitute the spirit of the 68-generation. The film has the participation of personalities such as Ziraldo, Zuenir Ventura, Arnaldo Jabor, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Carlos Heitor Cony, Fernando Gabeira, Betty Faria, Hugo Carvana, among others.

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O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento

2015

Circo Voador - A Nave

7/2

In 1982, the Arpoador Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, received the first "incarnation" of Circo Voador, a venue for artists of diverse aspects showing their art to the public. Months later, Circo landed at Lapa, the city's most bohemian neighborhood. Today, more than three decades later, the venue has become a cultural reference in the country. This documentary is directed by Tainá Menezes and has testimonials from artists such as Gilberto Gil, Lobão, Evandro Mesquita and more than 50 personalities that were part of the history of Circo Voador.

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Circo Voador - A Nave

2020

Encontros Tropicais

0/0

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Encontros Tropicais

1992

Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

0/0

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings to his suicide at the age of 28.

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Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

1987

Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

0/0

Gilberto Gil talks with friends and share his thoughts, influences and reveal his impact on brazilian music and vision of the black people.

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Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

1986

Infinita Tropicália

0/0

Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop art and the concretism. Twenty years later, this film revisits the movement and shows that Tropicalismo will never die.

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Infinita Tropicália

2015

André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music

0/0

Based on the autobiography of noted music executive André Midani, André Midani — An Insider’s Story of Brazilian Music (2015) explores Brazilian music throughout his five-decade career through informal gatherings and jam sessions at his home, featuring Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben Jor, Gilberto Gil, and Marisa Monte, among other luminaries of the industry.

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André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music

1989

Ôrí

8/4

A look at the Brazilian black movement between 1977 and 1988, going by the relationship between Brazil and Africa.

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Ôrí

2020

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

0/0

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European invasion of the continent, police violence, the genocide of the black people, the massacre of indigenous peoples, religious violence, the criminalization of funk music, structural racism in art and education, the importance of quota policy and the need urgent historical repair as a commitment by the Brazilian state to the black people.

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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

2010

Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa

0/0

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Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa

2020

Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo

0/0

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Gilberto Gil - Concerto de Cordas & Máquinas de Ritmo

2018

Dê Lembranças a Todos

7/1

Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi composed, sang, wrote, illustrated and thought about his Bahia, even far from it. His family, partners, friends and fans remember his history, which made him one of the pillars of Brazilian culture.

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Dê Lembranças a Todos

2021

Pelé

7/187

Against the backdrop of a turbulent era in Brazil, this documentary captures Pelé's extraordinary path from breakthrough talent to national hero. Mixing rare archival footage and exclusive interviews, this documentary celebrates the legendary Brazilian footballer who personified football as art.

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Pelé

2013

A Farra do Circo

9/2

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

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A Farra do Circo

1983

Gilbertianas Brasileiras

0/0

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Gilbertianas Brasileiras

2021

Arraial do Gil

0/0

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2016

Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony

9/2

With fireworks forming the word “Rio” in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of “The Girl from Ipanema,” Rio de Janiero welcomed the world to the first Olympic Games in South America with a serious message underlying the celebration: Let’s take care of our planet.

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Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony

2019

Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

4/1

The life and career history of singer and percussionist Jackson do Pandeiro, whose originality and unusual rhythmic quality influenced several prominent artists in Brazilian popular music. With unpublished testimonies from professional colleagues and family members, as well as archival footage of their participation in cinema and radio, the documentary traces their journey between troubled relationships, dramas, controversies, stardom, ostracism, the return to the artistic milieu, even his death in 1982.

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Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

2021

Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim

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Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim

2011

O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois

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O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois

1993

Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista

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Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista

2009

Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

7/13

Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most successful phase as leader of the Mutantes, marriage to singer Rita Lee and then separation. He also goes through the depression that devastated his life after the group ended and that led him to attempt suicide, his solo career, rapprochement with his brother and member of the Mutantes, Sérgio Dias, culminating in the band's return in 2006.

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Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

2022

O Presidente Improvável

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O Presidente Improvável

2010

Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1

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Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1

2023

Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso

7/1

The backstory and legacy of Brazilian rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso is examined in this fascinating music documentary. With previously unseen footage, access to present-day rehearsals, and a visit to where it all began, TV presenter Roberta Martinelli shines a light on the lives of Herbert Vianna, Bi Ribeiro and João Barone like never before.

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Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso

2001

O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho

4/1

The documentary presents an overview of Vladimir Carvalho's cinematographic career, from the very beginning, as a co-writer of “Aruanda” (1960), directed by Linduarte Noronha, to the present day. With Vladimir himself as the main narrator and illustrated by scenes from his films, the documentary also features interviews with Gilberto Gil, Orlando Senna, Arnaldo Carillo, Dácia Ibiapina, Fernando Duarte, Sérgio Moriconi, among others.

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O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho

2020

Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil

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Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil

2022

Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

9/1

The documentary celebrates the poetic legacy of Lupicínio Rodrigues, investigating the musical contribution and historical context of this composer born in Rio Grande do Sul and author of hits that surpass generations.

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Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

2017

Tropicália: 50 Anos

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Tropicália: 50 Anos

2022

Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

7/2

The film is an unprecedented and exclusive testimonial of Maria Bethânia from director and screenwriter Carlos Jardim, interspersed with rare footage of rehearsals and concerts by the singer throughout her 57-year career. Actress Fernanda Montenegro narrates five texts by authors such as Ferreira Gullar and Caio Fernando Abreu about Bethânia's importance on the Brazilian cultural scene.

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Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

2018

Smetak

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Smetak

1974

Álbum de Música

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Portrait of various figures in Brazilian pop music.

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Álbum de Música

2023

Chic Show

9/2

Discover the history of the Chic Show ball, an iconic black music party in São Paulo. The event was a milestone in the life of São Paulo. Held in halls across the city in the 1970s and 1980s, the show became a meeting point for black culture and opened up space for funk, soul, rap and pagode, among other rhythms. The party welcomed names such as Tim Maia, Sandra de Sá, Gilberto Gil, Djavan, Bebeto and Carlos Dafé, as well as international artists such as Kurtis Blow, Betty Wright and James Brown.

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Chic Show

2023

Môa, Mother Africa Roots

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The documentary that began together with Mestre Môa do Katendê before his political murder, tells the life story of this capoeirista and founder of Afoxé Badauê, intertwined with the rise of black cultural manifestations in Bahia, based on a last interview left by him.

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Môa, Mother Africa Roots

1974

Bahia de Todos os Santos

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Bahia de Todos os Santos

2000

I Want

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Two kids merrily play make-believe inside their house, unaware of the inequality that exists in the world.

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I Want

2006

Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day

7/1

The film has Gal's career as its guiding principle, drawing a parallel with the movement of which the singer was the muse and one of the main interpreters, and reaching the present day.

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Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day

2001

Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste

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A documentary on the amazing Brazilian music movement known as Tropicália.

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Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste

2019

October

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A view of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Elections, held in October of that year. The polarizing Election led to the rise of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro

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October

2023

They Shot the Piano Player

7/27

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.

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Gilberto Gil

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Gilberto Gil

2024

A Última Vanguarda

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70 years ago, a visionary management in education and culture as a political strategy for the dissemination and development of Bahia gave rise to an artistic vanguard that still impacts Brazilian culture today.

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A Última Vanguarda

2024

Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

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An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song in Brazil and influenced generations of musicians, paving the way for movements such as Bossa Nova and Tropicália.

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Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

2019

Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa

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The documentary addresses the project, which took 30 years to complete, about the recording of 44 songs created for each poem in Mensagem, one of Fernando Pessoa's most emblematic books.

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Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa

2023

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

9/1

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!

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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

2023

Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba

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A white man, yet forged in the samba de engraxate that had its main stronghold in downtown São Paulo, Germano Mathias became an icon of a musical style that mixed a lot of "malandragem" and poetry. We follow Germano as he recounts his life, journey, and brings us memories of a city that, while it no longer exists, is still hidden from our distracted gazes.

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Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba