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.

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

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

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 ...

A boxer in Rio's favelas opens a club to help keep kids out of the burgeoning drug trade.

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

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

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

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

A pictorial portrait of the legendary sambista, Assis Valente. The film traces his biography in a se...

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

A biopic about star Elza Soares, considered one of the greatest samba singers ever and a symbol of t...

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