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Roda

July 2011 •Portuguese

Between sambas and memories, composers, performers and "Velha Guarda do Samba" instrumentalists from Belo Horizonte

Heirs

Invalid date •Portuguese

Herdeiros (Heirs) is a documentary about samba, about carnival, about the power of a resistant tradition. Shot in Morro da Serrinha in Rio, the film tells the story of the cultural and musical heritage, of the African heritage of formerly enslaved people in Brazil today.

Acústico MTV: Zeca Pagodinho

September 2003 •Portuguese

Memória em Verde e Rosa

June 2016 •Portuguese

The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about the slums and samba.

Carnaval Claudia Leitte: We Can Do It!

March 2021 •Portuguese

Paulo da Portela: O Teu Nome não Caiu no Esquecimento

June 2001 •Portuguese

Documentary made to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the legendary Paulo Benjamin de Oliveira, Paulo da Portela.

Nelson Cavaquinho

January 1969 •Portuguese

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.

Arthur et les confettis

October 2023 •French

Maria Bethânia e Zeca Pagodinho: De Santo Amaro a Xerém

November 2018 •Portuguese

Nao ’t Zuuje

January 2018 •Dutch

Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

January 1987 •Portuguese

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

SAMBANCESTRAL

November 2024 •Portuguese

Nossa Escola de Samba

January 1965 •Portuguese

A year in the life of a samba school, from the first rehearsals to the parade on the avenue.

Carioca Suburbano Mulato Malandro

December 1979 •Portuguese

Documentary about João Nogueira, popular singer and composer from Rio de Janeiro

Deixa O Samba Me Levar

June 2025 •Portuguese

Saravah

January 1969 •Portuguese

Documentary about Brazilian music circa 1969, with extremely rare scenes, such as the only color footage of Pixinguinha, images of João da Baiana, one of the fathers of Samba, Maria Bethânia rehearsing at Barroco nightclub, Baden Powell playing his acoustic guitar, Paulinho da Viola showing his masterpiece "Coisas do Mundo, Minha Nega", that he had just finished, and Márcia, a singer from São Paulo.

O Carnaval é de Pelé

March 2025 •Portuguese

This short film follows Pelé, a retired nurse who looks back on his time as a Mateus in the century-old Bumba Meu Boi group, Boi Tira-Teima. As he builds a new boi for the festival, he revisits the defining moments of his journey as a performer, carnival artist, and son of Mestre Gerson, the group’s former patriarch. The film explores how the way we carry our memories of the past shapes who we become in the present.

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

November 2024 •Portuguese

Where Are You, João Gilberto?

May 2018 •German

Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding father of Bossa Nova and last great musical legend of our time, Brazilian musician João Gilberto, who has not been seen in public for decades. Fischer described his journey in a book, Hobalala, but committed suicide one week before it was published. By taking up Marc Fischer's quest, following his steps one by one, thanks to all the clues he left us, we pursue João Gilberto to understand the history, the very soul and essence of Bossa Nova. But who can tell whether we will meet him or not?

Sou Carnaval de São Salvador

January 2019 •Portuguese