Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

Birthday: 1942-08-07

Place of Birth: Santo Amaro, Brazil

Biography: Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso, better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since.

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Talk to Her
Talk to Her

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas....

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Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and f...

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Grupo Corpo Pela Música
Grupo Corpo Pela Música

“Grupo Corpo pela Música” is a documentary about the original Brazilian musical production created b...

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Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes
Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes

From his origins as a poet to his success as a singer and composer, Arnaldo Antunes revisits the mos...

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Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

The documentary celebrates the poetic legacy of Lupicínio Rodrigues, investigating the musical contr...

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Tropicália: 50 Anos
Tropicália: 50 Anos

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Emicida: 10 Anos de Triunfo - Ao vivo
Emicida: 10 Anos de Triunfo - Ao vivo

In his 10-year career, rapper Emicida mixed musical genres, worked with several artists, created pro...

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Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

The film is an unprecedented and exclusive testimonial of Maria Bethânia from director and screenwri...

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Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho: O Circo
Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho: O Circo

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Gabeira
Gabeira

Documentary about the trajectory of the Brazilian journalist, writer and politician Fernando Gabeira...

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Rita Lee: 3001
Rita Lee: 3001

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Caetano Veloso in Bahia
Caetano Veloso in Bahia

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Vinicius de Moraes
Vinicius de Moraes

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most...

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Circuladô
Circuladô

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Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most successful p...

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New Wave
New Wave

This erotic and anarchist dramatic comedy brings together stories about the female players of a newl...

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Môa, Mother Africa Roots
Môa, Mother Africa Roots

The documentary that began together with Mestre Môa do Katendê before his political murder, tells th...

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Loucura e Cultura
Loucura e Cultura

Documentary with fragments and records about the boundaries between art and counterculture, based on...

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Brasil
Brasil

João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of his a...

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Jorge Ben Jor - Energia
Jorge Ben Jor - Energia

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Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day

The film has Gal's career as its guiding principle, drawing a parallel with the movement of which th...

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Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste

A documentary on the amazing Brazilian music movement known as Tropicália....

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Consideração do Poema
Consideração do Poema

Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico Buarque...

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Tabu
Tabu

The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine ...

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Permanent Pan-Cinema
Permanent Pan-Cinema

Documentary about Brazilian poet Waly Salomão, for whom life was always a fictional film and poetry ...

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Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei

Tempo Rei is the first audiovisual record of Gilberto Gil's vast work, celebrating the artist's thir...

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Especial Caetano Veloso 80 Anos
Especial Caetano Veloso 80 Anos

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Tropicália
Tropicália

Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary explor...

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Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino

A movie about Banda de Ipanema, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most traditional Carnaval blocks, and its fo...

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Os Doces Bárbaros
Os Doces Bárbaros

The film records the commemorative tour of the ten years of the career of the Bahia singers Caetano ...

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The Man Who Bottled Clouds
The Man Who Bottled Clouds

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Hum...

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Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust

The film follows the birth of Jorge Mautner up to his 17 years. He was born in Brazil shortly after ...

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Fabricating Tom Zé
Fabricating Tom Zé

The life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop Tom Z...

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Orfeu
Orfeu

Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when...

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Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio
Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio

As the world boiled in the rush of Easy Rider bikes, in the frenetic pace of Elvis Presley, in Beatn...

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A Night in 67
A Night in 67

In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live stu...

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Bahia, For Example
Bahia, For Example

Through folklore manifestations and diverse artistic expressions, the film is a document that exalts...

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HO
HO

An experimental film on Brazilian avant-garde artist Helio Oiticica and his works, especially the Pa...

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Beyond Ipanema
Beyond Ipanema

This documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl from ...

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Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Bahia de Todos os Sambas

Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brou...

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O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões
O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões

Compilation of some of the best moments in the career of Brazilian comedy group "Os Trapalhões", wit...

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Corações a Mil
Corações a Mil

University teacher investigates the life of a famous Brazilian musician, trying to discover the secr...

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Numéro un - Demis Roussos
Numéro un - Demis Roussos

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They Shot the Piano Player
They Shot the Piano Player

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenór...

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Um Barzinho, Um Violão: Novelas Anos 70
Um Barzinho, Um Violão: Novelas Anos 70

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A Última Vanguarda
A Última Vanguarda

70 years ago, a visionary management in education and culture as a political strategy for the dissem...

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Barão Vermelho: Por que a gente é assim?
Barão Vermelho: Por que a gente é assim?

A documentary about Barão Vermelho, one of Brazil's most famous rock bands during the 1980s, followi...

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Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda Que Lambeu Tudo

Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jards Macalé and Jorge Mautner recall important moments during the mil...

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Anna Mariani - Photographic Notes
Anna Mariani - Photographic Notes

The paths that the artist traveled to create two essays that are landmarks of contemporary Brazilian...

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Samba Riachão
Samba Riachão

Documentary about samba musician from Bahia Clementino Rodrigues, aka Riachão....

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Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song...

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Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought

Life and legacy of Agostinho da Silva. Traversing the biographical journey, the life and work of th...

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Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil

A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The ...

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A Última Ceia Segundo Ziraldo
A Última Ceia Segundo Ziraldo

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Phono 73: A Country and its Music
Phono 73: A Country and its Music

The biggest Brazilian historical festival of all time. The great cast of the 1973 Phonogram (now Uni...

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The Demiurge
The Demiurge

A colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist revolu...

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Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro

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Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico
Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico

Documentary about amazing Brazilian musician Rogério Duprat, main orchestrator of Tropicália, his re...

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Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa

The documentary addresses the project, which took 30 years to complete, about the recording of 44 so...

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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to his...

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Guitarra Baiana - A Voz do Carnaval
Guitarra Baiana - A Voz do Carnaval

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Caetano Veloso – Un Caballero De Fina Estampa
Caetano Veloso – Un Caballero De Fina Estampa

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Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra

Afroreggae Cultural Group DVD containing a concert and a documentary about the group's social and cu...

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Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show
Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show

Documentary about Maria Bethânia, at the very beginning of her career as a singer, when she arrived ...

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The Mandarin
The Mandarin

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works...

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A Embaixatriz do Samba
A Embaixatriz do Samba

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Axé: Music of a People
Axé: Music of a People

Originally from Bahia and considered today one of the most globalised musical movements in the world...

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Talking Cinema
Talking Cinema

A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with conversations,...

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Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros

Almost thirty years after the first reunion of Doces Bárbaros (four of Brazil's major popular music ...

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Welcome to São Paulo
Welcome to São Paulo

All the feature is given prestige to by the narration in Caetano Veloso's voice, that also signs one...

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Pitanga
Pitanga

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Blac...

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The Music According to Tom Jobim
The Music According to Tom Jobim

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduce...

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The King of the Candle
The King of the Candle

Filming of the historical montage of Oswald de Andrade's play, where decadent millionaires, depraved...

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Multishow ao Vivo: Caetano Veloso – Abraçaço
Multishow ao Vivo: Caetano Veloso – Abraçaço

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Caetano Veloso - Zii e Zie
Caetano Veloso - Zii e Zie

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Maria Bethânia: Pedrinha de Aruanda
Maria Bethânia: Pedrinha de Aruanda

A unique and intimate portrait of singer Maria Bethania, that starts at the artist’s 60th birthday, ...

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Jovem aos 50 - A História de Meio Século da Jovem Guarda
Jovem aos 50 - A História de Meio Século da Jovem Guarda

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Pixote In Memoriam
Pixote In Memoriam

A tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hec...

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Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

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Two Friends, a Century of Music
Two Friends, a Century of Music

Two of the biggest names in 20th century pop music together on stage, accompanied by their guitars. ...

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MPB dos Tempos da Repressão
MPB dos Tempos da Repressão

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Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista

Rogério Duarte is one of the most important names in Tropicália, a Brazilian cultural movement of th...

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Roberto Carlos e Caetano Veloso - A Música de Tom Jobim
Roberto Carlos e Caetano Veloso - A Música de Tom Jobim

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Fevereiros
Fevereiros

A record on Brazilian samba school Estação Primeira de Mangueira's victory on the 2016 carnaval para...

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Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano

Year-end special brought together three interpreters of Brazilian popular music - Gilberto Gil, Caet...

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Fados
Fados

A series of musical performances showcasing the diverse facets of fado, a musical genre from Lisbon....

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Wandering Heart
Wandering Heart

Wandering Heart intimately follows Caetano from São Paulo to New York and Japan, during the release ...

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Agamenon: The Film
Agamenon: The Film

The trajectory of the clumsy reporter Agamenon Mendes Pereira, always present in key events of histo...

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Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Ovelha Negra
Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Ovelha Negra

Brazilian singer Rita Lee narrates moments about her life, from her childhood to the meeting with Ro...

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Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Cor de Rosa Choque
Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Cor de Rosa Choque

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Aperana Street 52
Aperana Street 52

In his film Rua Aperana 52 Júlio Bressane describes the invention of a landscape, the topology of a ...

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The Heirs
The Heirs

An allegory about Brazil's history and the struggle for power since the 1930 Revolution until the ad...

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Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque
Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque

The life and work of Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer and poet C...

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Amigo Arrigo
Amigo Arrigo

The art of Arrigo Barnabé, one of the pillars of the São Paulo experimental music scene during the 8...

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Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worke...

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Caetano Veloso: Noites do Norte – Ao Vivo
Caetano Veloso: Noites do Norte – Ao Vivo

Registro ao vivo da turnê de Noites do Norte, este DVD traz o cantor e compostor baiano em sua melho...

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Before and After S. Bernardo
Before and After S. Bernardo

Extras from the remastered DVD of the film São Bernardo by Leon Hirszman. The process of restoring t...

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Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família

A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months b...

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Heliorama
Heliorama

A collage of newsreels, trailers, clips and other visionary and unseen fragments of sight and sound ...

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Brazil's Maria Bethânia
Brazil's Maria Bethânia

This is a journey of friendship, an Argentinian is going to rediscover his continent while searching...

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O Tempo e o Som
O Tempo e o Som

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Pavarotti & Friends 7 - For Cambodia and Tibet
Pavarotti & Friends 7 - For Cambodia and Tibet

The Pavarotti & Friends for Cambodia and Tibet concert took place on June 6, 2000, in support of a n...

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Fênix
Fênix

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Casa de Samba
Casa de Samba

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Sermões
Sermões

Based upon the life story of Father Antonio Vieira, born in Lisbon in 1608 and deceased in Salvador,...

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Orlamundo
Orlamundo

Amid the dunes and landscapes of the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, singer and composer Orlando ...

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Miguel's Destiny
Miguel's Destiny

This beloved Brazilian parody of Shakespeare in Love tells the story of Miguel's relentless furiculi...

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Rock Brasília - Era de Ouro
Rock Brasília - Era de Ouro

The story of the young people from Brasília that, led by Renato Russo, after a long journey and many...

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Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-gar...

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Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

Gilberto Gil talks with friends and share his thoughts, influences and reveal his impact on brazilia...

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Narcissus Off Duty
Narcissus Off Duty

Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso reflects on his imprisonment in 1968, during the military...

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Caetano Veloso - Live
Caetano Veloso - Live

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André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music

Based on the autobiography of noted music executive André Midani, André Midani — An Insider’s Story ...

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Race Antenna
Race Antenna

In 1979, while Brazil was going through the troubled moment of the Amnesty Law, Glauber Rocha direct...

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Dê Lembranças a Todos
Dê Lembranças a Todos

Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi c...

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Ney - À Flor da Pele
Ney - À Flor da Pele

The impact of Ney Matogrosso's performances on his audience and the reverberation of that impact on ...

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Antes que Me Esqueçam, Meu Nome É Edy Star
Antes que Me Esqueçam, Meu Nome É Edy Star

This documentary is about the artistic trajectory of Edvaldo Souza, aka Edy star, the flamboyant gay...

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A Farra do Circo
A Farra do Circo

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' perf...

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O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento

Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the fir...

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O Baú do Raul - Uma Homenagem a Raul Seixas
O Baú do Raul - Uma Homenagem a Raul Seixas

O Baú do Raul é o mais novo título do Multishow ao Vivo - uma parceria do canal com a gravadora Som ...

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Conteúdo Zero, um Filme para Desentendidos
Conteúdo Zero, um Filme para Desentendidos

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Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina
Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: ...

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Semana de Arte Moderna
Semana de Arte Moderna

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Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia
Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia

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The Miracle of Candeal
The Miracle of Candeal

The story of the Candeal favela in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, where musician Carlinhos Brown carries...

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Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi

The film reveals the creation of poet Dorival Caymmi's musical works with testimonies from researche...

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Sobre Noiz
Sobre Noiz

During the production of his album “Sobre Crianças, Quadris, Pesadelos e Lições de Casa”, rapper and...

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Intrépida Trupe - Será que o Tempo Realmente Passa?
Intrépida Trupe - Será que o Tempo Realmente Passa?

The Intrépida Trupe was created by dance, theater, music and visual arts artists, who had a passion ...

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Transe
Transe

A threesome that takes place against the backdrop of Brazil's 2018 presidential election. Three youn...

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Naked Eye
Naked Eye

“Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the sin...

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Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil
Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil

One of Brazil's most popular contemporary dance ensembles, Grupo Corpo combines Afro-Brazilian movem...

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Chico: Brazilian Artist
Chico: Brazilian Artist

Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popular cultur...

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Ritas
Ritas

It explores Rita Lee's personal life and her creative process, revealing her musical talent and her ...

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Trovoada
Trovoada

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Caetano - Prenda Minha
Caetano - Prenda Minha

In addition to the rescue of Alone, Peninha's composition, there are striking interpretations of Geo...

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1964: Brazil between weapons and books
1964: Brazil between weapons and books

We question the most unquestionable period in our history. The result was an international investiga...

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Caetano Veloso - Ao Vivo no Ginásio da Unicamp, 1987
Caetano Veloso - Ao Vivo no Ginásio da Unicamp, 1987

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Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe
Milton Nascimento - A Sede do Peixe

In December 1997, in Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais composer Milton Nascimento brought together friend...

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Palavra (En)Cantada
Palavra (En)Cantada

A journey in the history of the Brazilian songbook with a look at the relationship between poetry an...

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Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo
Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo

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