O Samba é Meu Dom
Between 2009 and 2012, filmmaker Cristiano Abud’s team followed the Brazilian samba musician Wilson das Neves. The result is this documentary, which recaptures the trajectory of Wilson, considered the greatest samba drum
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Between 2009 and 2012, filmmaker Cristiano Abud’s team followed the Brazilian samba musician Wilson das Neves. The result is this documentary, which recaptures the trajectory of Wilson, considered the greatest samba drum
In this 2016 piece, filmmaker and professor of French Samba Gadjigo ('Sembène!') characterizes what defines the work of Ousmane Sembène.
The documentary records the celebrations for the celebration of the fourth centenary of the city of São Paulo, in 1954. In charge of the party, Pixinguinha, Donga, João da Baiana and other representatives of the Old Guar
Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, composer and maestro, Paulo Moura, talks about his influences and show his passion for the samba.
A young maestro and community leader dies suddenly. Family and friends gather at Mangueira Samba School rehearsal building to pay last respects. But amazing things will happen in this unique funeral ceremony.
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 h
Trans dancer, Pokett Nery, tells her story of struggle and endurance.
Live DVD, recorded in March 2008 in Fecap theater in Sao Paulo, Brazil, records the show which has passed through the main capitals of the country. Beside the quintet Pau Brazil, formed by Nelson Ayres (piano), Paul Bel
The life and work of Zezé Motta.
It’s Carnival in Rio. A young man wanders through the streets of the city and the remains of the huge cardboard parade floats. Driven by grief over the bankruptcy of his samba school, he’s also haunted by memories of his
The documentary O Samba é Primo do Jazz will show the musical trajectory of Alcione Dias Nazareth, the great Brazilian interpreter, from her musical references, her insertion in the world of music and her relationship wi