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Dolores Duran: O Coração da Noite
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Dolores Duran: O Coração da Noite

Jun 15, 2023

Dolores Duran: O Coração da Noite
2023 67 min 1 vues
With a short and intense life, Dolores Duran left her name in the pantheon of great names in Brazilian music. Living in a time when women had to follow strict moral standards, Dolores had no doubts: she spent the night in bars and parties, drank, smoked and allowed herself to be free to relate to whoever she wanted, challenging the macho structure of the 1950s. With many archival footage and testimonials from friends, family and ex-boyfriends, the film tells the story of an important and little-remembered character.
Documentary
Nasci Para Bailar - Havana/Rio
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Nasci Para Bailar - Havana/Rio

Mar 03, 2011

Nasci Para Bailar - Havana/Rio
2011 137 min 1 vues
Sixty years ago the pianist and arranger Brazilian Joao Donato meets with friends musicians to play and turn those moments into historical performances. The habit began in the late 1940s, when the acriano Donato newly arrived to Rio. Born into a musical family, his father was a major, airplane pilot and mandolin, his mother liked to sing and brother planned to be a concert pianist, he decided to learn piano instrument closer to that which dominated the accordion. Hence to attend meetings at the home of Dick Farney in the early bossa nova was a leap.
Documentary
Joyce Ao Vivo - Show de Quarenta Anos
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Joyce Ao Vivo - Show de Quarenta Anos

Feb 01, 2008

Joyce Ao Vivo - Show de Quarenta Anos
2008 100 min 1 vues
The DVD originated in an unforgettable encounter of MPB (Braziliam Popular Music) icons in a show held in the theater of FECAP in São Paulo, Brazil. Names like Roberto Menescal, João Donato, Dori Caymmi, Monica Salamso, Zé Renato, his daughters Clara Moreno and Ana Martins, Leila Pinheiro and Francis Hime participated as Joyce's guests at the event, which coincides with the year in which the Bossa Nova turns 50 years of existence.
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They shot the piano player
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They shot the piano player

Oct 06, 2023

They shot the piano player
2023 104 min 29 vues
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, journaliste musical, cherche à découvrir la vérité sur Francisco Tenório Júnior, un jeune pianiste brésilien de samba-jazz disparu à Buenos Aires le 18 mars 1976.
Animation
Où es-tu, João Gilberto?
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Où es-tu, João Gilberto?

May 05, 2018

Où es-tu, João Gilberto?
2018 107 min 13 vues
Infusée de saudade et inspirée par celle de l’écrivain allemand Marc Fischer, une quête éperdue de l’énigmatique João Gilberto, doublée d’un portrait sensible en creux du père de la bossa-nova, disparu en juillet 2019.
Documentary
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
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Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar

Nov 29, 2019

Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
2019 88 min 1 vues
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.
Documentary
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
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Garoto - Vivo Sonhando

Sep 10, 2020

Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
2020 105 min 1 vues
A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries and testimonies, this documentary reveals his influence and the artistic conflicts of an avant-garde artist in the golden age of Brazilian radio.
Documentary
O Nome Dela é Gal
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O Nome Dela é Gal

Jul 02, 2017

O Nome Dela é Gal
2017 min 3 vues
A four-part biography on the life of the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, from her humble beginning singing in the streets of Salvador, where she became friends with many artists who would be other great names in Brazilian music in the following decades to her 50th career anniversary in 2015.
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