Cartola
Birthday: 1908-10-11
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography: Angenor de Oliveira, better known as Cartola OMC (Rio de Janeiro, October 11, 1908 – Rio de Janeiro, November 30, 1980), was a Brazilian singer, composer, poet and guitarist. He is considered by several musicians and music critics as the greatest samba player in the history of Brazilian music. Having as its main hits the songs As Rosas não Falam, O Mundo É um Moinho and Alvorada.
Movies
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affir...
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Fala Mangueira!
A documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio de J...
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Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba leg...
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorshi...
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The Outsiders
Guilherme, who has the police on his trail for having been involved with a niece of the mayor of his...
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Ganga Zumba
The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian ...
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Cartola: The Samba Legend
Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (A...
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Chega de Demanda
Documentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro Carioca...
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Black Orpheus
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hi...
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Rio, Carnaval da Vida
A documentary short on the 1978 Carnaval celebration in Rio de Janeiro, covering many aspects of the...
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