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Carnaval Claudia Leitte: We Can Do It!

March 2021 •Portuguese

The White Stripes: Under Blackpool Lights

July 2004 •English

Concert footage of The White Stripes recorded in January of 2004, featuring tracks from the band's four studio albums as well as live favorites like the Dolly Parton cover "Jolene"

Filhos de João, O Admirável Mundo Novo Baiano

July 2011 •Portuguese

A panorama of Brazilian popular music from the 60s and 70s through the musical group Novos Baianos. A retrospective of the community lifestyle adopted by its members and the influence inherited from singer João Gilberto.

Skip Liberty: Shooting in Vietnam

January 2024 •English

Skip Liberty enlisted in the Army in 1968. During his tour in Vietnam he shot 3,100 feet of Super 8 film, over 3 hours worth. Upon returning to the states the film was placed in storage, Skip had never seen the footage he shot. Until now.

Sonho de um Carnaval

October 2003 •Portuguese

Reality 86'd

September 1991 •English

Three bands and crew (a combined total of 13 individuals), 2 Dodge Ram extended cab vans, one equipment truck, one PA system traverse the continental US for six months. A road documentary shot from the inside of the last Black Flag tour ever (the 1986 “In My Head” US tour.) Featuring behind the scenes proceedings and live performances from Black Flag, Painted Willie, and Gone. David Markey was along for the entire trip as the drummer / singer for Painted Willie, documenting the six month tour with his Super-8 camera as it happened. Also features roadie Joe (“Planet Joe”) Cole, soundmen Davo Claasen and Dave “Ratman” Levine, and the tour manager who kept it all together, Mitch Bury. A crucial turning point in American underground rock. The end of the line for a trail blazing American band. Shot in 1986 and completed by director David Markey in 1991 for We Got Power. (futuristika.org)

Black Out - A História Apagada no Palco da Arte

August 2024 •Portuguese

The Little Prince's Rap Against The Wicked Souls

August 2000 •Portuguese

A documentary that focuses on two young male inhabitants of Recife (statistically, the fourth worst city in the world to live in) who have both reacted strongly to their situation. One has become a drummer in a rap/rock band. The other has killed forty-four people and is now in jail. Both use the term "Wicked Souls" to describe their enemies.

Winter's End

October 2022 •English

A short film shot on Super 8 which captures the last days of winter.

O Carnaval é de Pelé

December 2024 •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.

Artesanato do Samba

January 1974 •Portuguese

The making of the samba school parades, with the construction of the great cars, the decorations being spread all over the city and the hand-crafted tailoring of the costumes by apt hands that stitch together colourful and glowing materials.

Wallpaper

September 2023 •Portuguese

A Raça Síntese de Joãosinho Trinta

October 2009 •Portuguese

Biografía de un carnaval

January 1983 •Spanish

Fog on the Mountain

November 2023 •English

Fog surrounds the peak of a mountain as summer wildflowers bloom.

Cuceteiras VII: "Cucexeira?"

May 2025 •Portuguese

A documentary about Olinda Carnival 2025 that everyone was asking for but that's it, right? Cinema fernanda torres oscar we're going to smile smile

We Were The Scenery

January 2025 •Vietnamese

At the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled to the Philippines in a makeshift boat. The couple were then recruited as extras during the filming of Apocalypse Now.

É o Boi

February 2024 •Portuguese

"É o Boi" is a documentary that narrates the origins, portrays the present and discusses the perspectives of carnival in the city of Porto Ferreira/SP. Celebrating a tradition that already is already 90 years old, the film is mainly made up of images taken during the Porto Ferreira's carnival and interviews with people who fight daily to keep this unique and at the same time typically Brazilian cultural manifestation alive. Made over almost a decade, "É o Boi" also portrays critical moments of this carnival in the countryside of São Paulo, including disagreements with public authorities that almost led to the carnival being banned and the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the organization of celebrations.

Ave Maria ou Mãe dos Sertanejos

January 2009 •Portuguese

Pesado: Que som é esse que vem de Pernambuco?

October 2017 •Portuguese

Documentary about the heavy rock scene in Pernambuco.