Batatinha, Poeta do Samba (2009)
• March 22nd, 2009 • 1h 2min
Documentary
Overview
A portrayal of the life of one of the most important samba musicians in Brazil, Bahian sambista Oscar da Penha, popularly known as Batatinha (1924 -1997). Through memories of their father, his nine children share their perspectives, as well as interviews with family, friends and musicians, to tell the story of Batatinha’s life, history and work.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Passing Time
Released on: 2019-04-06
Documentary
Lou Colpé has been filming her grandparents since she was 15. In the process of this intense relatio...
A Letter Without Words
Released on: 1998-01-16
Documentary
Lisa Lewenz retraces the steps of her Jewish grandmother who dared to film life in Berlin during the...
Two Sisters
Released on: 2002-01-01
Documentary
Violeta and Vyollca Dukay live in the south of Kosovo, close to the border with Albania. Faced with ...
Nan
Released on: 2020-11-22
Documentary
A portrait that follows Nan, my uncle and the last two years he and his parents live together. In lo...
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him
Released on: 2005-04-07
Documentary, Drama
What would your family reminiscences about dad sound like if he had been an early supporter of Hitle...
The Man Who Drank the Universe
Released on: 2005-01-01
Documentary
It is late 2004, and 34-year-old Englishman Alistair Appleton is about to fly from London to the Bra...
Arctic Tale
Released on: 2007-06-17
Documentary, Family
Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of ...
To Be and to Have
Released on: 2002-08-28
Documentary
The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French lan...
memories/fortress
Released on: 2020-04-30
Documentary
An Indonesian student in London attempts to deal with the absurdity of confinement and immobility du...
The House We Lived In
Released on: 2022-05-01
Documentary
Nearly a decade in the making, The House We Lived In is a strikingly candid portrait of a family tra...
Capturing the Friedmans
Released on: 2003-05-30
Documentary, Crime
An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the fathe...
Small Talk
Released on: 2016-11-05
Documentary
In the table that symbolizes the value of traditional women, a woman who wants to break free from he...
Filhos de João, O Admirável Mundo Novo Baiano
Released on: 2011-07-22
Documentary, Music
A panorama of Brazilian popular music from the 60s and 70s through the musical group Novos Baianos. ...
Contaminated Home
Released on: 2021-01-06
Documentary
Ten years after Fukushima nuclear accident, a familiy returns every month at their home to measure t...
Sieben Mulden und eine Leiche
Released on: 2007-04-05
Documentary
Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A...
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Released on: 2003-06-29
Documentary, Drama
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed ...
Where Dragons Live
Released on: 2024-11-28
Documentary, Family
Following the death of their parents, Harriet and her siblings must unpack their childhood fears as ...