Maria Bethânia

Brazilian kids film

Documentary about singer Maria Bethânia's 60th birthday celebration in her hometown, Santo Amaro da Purificação, and her performance on a show in Salvador. (imdb)

Documentary about Brazilian pop diva Maria Bethânia, in one of her first shows in Rio de Janeiro. The film also show scenes of her daily life and meetings with other musicians.

The wife of a wealthy captain of industry carries on an affair with a younger man who works for a magazine in this combination romantic and political drama. A trip to her husband's factory opens her eyes to the fact that he provides for many people. She soon realizes that the young writer is taking the easy way out by always talking but never acting on his perpetual state of discontent about society. (allmovie.com/work/o-desafio-173087)

Documentary on Doces Bárbaros' 1976 tour,a group formed by some of the greatest stars of Brazilian music. (imdb)

Documentary about Brazilian songwriter and poet Vinicius de Moraes, showing his life, work, family, friends, and love-affairs.

In a country with a strong oral culture such as Brazil, popular music can be a great bridge to the poetry and literature. The interest in promoting discussion and reflection on this theme was the starting point of the movie. (flixster.com)

Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds it isn't an easy task.

German documentary for TV about the "Cinema Novo" movement (Brazilian New Wave). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967: Leon Hirszman preparing the script for "Garota de Ipanema"; Glauber Rocha shooting "Terra em Transe"; Arnaldo Jabor editing "A Opinião Pública"; Nelson Pereira shooting "El Justicero"; the rushes and voice-looping sessions of "Todas as Mulheres do Mundo"; and the opening of "A Grande Cidade". (imdb)

Musical documentary chronicling the life and work of the composer, lawyer, politician, and creator of copyright laws protecting Brazilian artists, Humberto Teixeira. Also known as "The Doctor of Baião," he is celebrated for his popular classics, among them the "anthem of drought," Asa Branca. (imdb)

Writer and poet Clarice Lispector investigates and develops the old question of what came first, the egg or the chicken. (imdb)

Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular culture. This wealth in music, poems, theater and novels has been created over the last 50 years and in this film Chico Buarque converses about his memories, shows, daily life, work methods, creative process, in summary all his trajectory. The musician's search for his German brother, whom he never got to meet, serves as one of the axis for the narrative.