Documentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro Carioca and in Samba during his life. Founder of the Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Cartola has his life and his music marked by his community and his School, far from the city His school, created as a playful and expressive center for the mangueirense, has now become a point of tourist attraction. This made work possible for the inhabitants of the hill, but it transformed the spirit of samba and its aesthetics.

The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about...

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

2000 Release of Live Concert Filmed in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Barcelona, Spain (1999). • 1. Maç...

Tribalistas were a short-lived but popular brazilian musical trio consisting of Marisa Monte, Arnald...

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/son...

The Favela Pacification Program was launched in 2008 to reduce crime and drug trafficking in Rio de ...

Documentary made to commemorate the centenary of the birth of the legendary Paulo Benjamin de Olivei...

Madonna celebrates her four-decade career in a special concert for over 1.6 million people at the Co...

The documentary shows the awakening of the poor youth to social consciousness in the identification ...

The character Jonh Michael embarks on a journey to tell you everything about Tim Maia.

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

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

No Rio de Janeiro, a 13 km do Cristo Redentor, dois portugueses aventuraram-se na mais temida favela...

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