Brazilian Documentaries
And Travel
DVDs & Videos
Moro No Brasil (DVD)
documentary with Velha Guarda da Mangueira,
Seu Jorge, Ivo Meirelles, Margareth Menezes, others
(2006)
Moro no Brasil ("I Live in Brazil") is a musical journey that
delves deeply into the heart of Brazil. Experience Brazilian culture and get to
know its people with over 50 musical performances from the streets of Brazil,
including interviews and performances by Walter Alfaiate & Seu Jorge, Antonio
Nobrega, Darue Malungo, Silverio Pessoa, Margareth Menezes, Ivo Meirelles and
more. Moro no Brasil is a stirring passionate documentary that grants the viewer
unparalleled access to the diversity and musical richness of Brazilian music,
reaching far beyond Samba and Bossa Nova. Writer/director Mika Kaurismaki’s
musical journey covers 4,000 kilometers, with stopovers in Pernambuco, Bahia and
Rio de Janeiro, and presents the voyage from the roots of samba to its
present-day excursions into rap and funk. --DVD
description
Ayahuasaca and Mystical Secrets of the Amazon (DVD Set)
Ile Aiye (The House of Life) - A Film by David Byrne (DVD)
With the earthy, yet otherworldly
Ilé Aiyé (The House of Life), David Byrne (True Stories) explores
the spirit cult of Candomblé. Based in the Bahia region of Brazil, the
African-originated religion permeates all aspects of the culture. Byrne
incorporates music, dance, interviews, and clips from old black-and-white
Brazilian movies into his documentary. Narration is kept to a minimum and the
visuals do most of the talking--along with the rhythmic, trance-inducing songs,
accompanied by translations of their evocative lyrics. As befits a former art
student--and Talking Head--Byrne does get a little "arty" at times, as when he
places screens within screens (much like Peter Greenaway's Pillow Book).
Fortunately, the effect isn't as distracting as it sounds and is only used
sporadically. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
A Travelers Guide to Brazil (DVD)
This film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Nigel Noble documents the workaday lives of Brazilian peasants who cut down trees in the Amazon rain forest and burn the in earthen kilns to make charcoal (1999)
This is a very beautiful poetic film about the
largest city in South America, Sao Paulo told from the perspective of its
largest migrant population the Nordestinos. Filled with startling music (forro,
repente, embolada) and a cast of warm and humorous characters - it is a Latcho
Drom like journey into a mostly ignored side of Brasilian culture. Tremendously
photographed and edited a total must have for lovers of all Brasilian, and
indeed documentary. Just watched it and I have a very big smile on my face.
--an Amazon reviewer
The Spirit Of Samba: The Black Music Of Brazil (DVD)
The Spirit Of
Samba: The Black Music Of Brazil (VHS)
a 1982 documentary as much political as it is musical
O Amor Natural (VHS Video)
Citizens of Rio de Janeiro read the erotic
poetry of Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Playboy:
Carnival In Rio (VHS)
with Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Boys From Brazil (Soccer Documentary) (VHS)
The
Brazilian Sound (U.S.)
Brazilian Sound (Canada)
Brazilian Sound (U.K.)
Brazilian Sound
(Japan)
Brazilian Sound (Germany)
Le Son Du Brésil (France)