No measure of hellfire preaching can quell the boisterous and bawdy passions of Maracatu, an Afro-Brazilian burlesque carnival tradition with roots in slavery that takes place in the northeast state of Pernambuco. As the Falstaffian character Tiao, Valmir do Coco leads a nonprofessional cast of authentic Maracatu practitioners in a tale told through dance, music, and the supernatural, set in the sugarcane fields outside Recife.
A Christmas story. The goat is the solution to the problems of a family in Recife, Brazil.
Documentary about the heavy rock scene in Pernambuco.
In lawless badlands, reclusive Cabeleira sets out to discover the fate of his gunman father and grow...
Aline Morales is one of the main broadcasters of Maracatu in Toronto. From a meeting with members of...
A documentary that focuses on two young male inhabitants of Recife (statistically, the fourth worst ...
A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism...
A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning...
After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage...