Emílio Domingos

Directing

Emílio Domingos

Born

1972-04-12 (54)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Known for

Directing

Credits

23 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Vini Jr. poster
6.0

Vini Jr. has it all: talent, resilience and boldness. Follow his dancing, unpredictable feet on his inspiring journey to becoming a global soccer star.

Vini Jr.

2025

Chic Show poster
9.0

Discover the history of the Chic Show ball, an iconic black music party in São Paulo. The event was a milestone in the life of São Paulo. Held in halls across the city in the 1970s and 1980s, the show became a meeting point for black culture and opened up space for funk, soul, rap and pagode, among other rhythms. The party welcomed names such as Tim Maia, Sandra de Sá, Gilberto Gil, Djavan, Bebeto and Carlos Dafé, as well as international artists such as Kurtis Blow, Betty Wright and James Brown.

Chic Show

2023

Minha Área poster
NR

Rap as a profession. The neighborhood as a source of inspiration for two young composers. The life of an MC and their respective fields. The language of Rap and its influence generating a new way of composing.

Minha Área

2006

Minha Área poster
NR

Rap as a profession. The neighborhood as a source of inspiration for two young composers. The life of an MC and their respective fields. The language of Rap and its influence generating a new way of composing.

Minha Área

2006

Camisa 9 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Camisa 9

2025

As Dores do Mundo: Hyldon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

As Dores do Mundo: Hyldon

2026

As Dores do Mundo: Hyldon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

As Dores do Mundo: Hyldon

2026

Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius poster
9.0

Released in 1966 by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell, the record Os Afro-Sambas is one of Brazil's most revered. Participants of the original recording, critics, friends and family of the musicians revisit the creation of this masterpiece. Filmed between Salvador and Rio, the documentary brings together archive footage and exclusive interviews with Maria Bethânia, Dori Caymmi, Russo Passapusso and Nelson Motta. A tribute to a classic that transformed Brazilian music.

Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius

2024

Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius poster
9.0

Released in 1966 by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell, the record Os Afro-Sambas is one of Brazil's most revered. Participants of the original recording, critics, friends and family of the musicians revisit the creation of this masterpiece. Filmed between Salvador and Rio, the documentary brings together archive footage and exclusive interviews with Maria Bethânia, Dori Caymmi, Russo Passapusso and Nelson Motta. A tribute to a classic that transformed Brazilian music.

Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius

2024

The 90s: The Pagode Explosion poster
NR

A documentary that revisits the golden age of pagode, celebrating the musical genre that defined a generation and dominated parties, TV shows, and radio stations across Brazil. Through archival footage and testimonials from artists and behind-the-scenes figures, the film explores the phenomenon's roots, its meteoric rise, and the legacy that still resonates in today's music. In a nostalgic musical showcase featuring major names from the genre, timeless hits are reimagined, paying tribute to pagode's impact on Brazilian culture.

The 90s: The Pagode Explosion

2025

L.A.P.A. poster
8.0

Documentary about the world of hip hop and the daily life of those who seek to survive from music in Brazil, all set in the traditional neighborhood of Lapa Carioca.

L.A.P.A.

2007

L.A.P.A. poster
8.0

Documentary about the world of hip hop and the daily life of those who seek to survive from music in Brazil, all set in the traditional neighborhood of Lapa Carioca.

L.A.P.A.

2007

Passinho Dance Off poster
NR

Kids from the favelas of Rio use dance as an alternative to drugs and crime.

Passinho Dance Off

2013

Passinho Dance Off poster
NR

Kids from the favelas of Rio use dance as an alternative to drugs and crime.

Passinho Dance Off

2013

Passinho Dance Off poster
NR

Kids from the favelas of Rio use dance as an alternative to drugs and crime.

Passinho Dance Off

2013

Black Rio! Black Power! poster
9.3

The documentary Black Rio! Black Power! looks at the influence of the Black Rio movement on culture, society and the struggle for racial justice in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil between the 1970s and 1980s. The film shows the movement's impact on music and on the direction of politics and the black movement during the period of re-democratization, influencing genres such as hip-hop and funk, and the affirmative stance of the younger generations, who perpetuate the black pride and aesthetic appreciation spread by Black Rio 50 years ago.

Black Rio! Black Power!

2023

Black Rio! Black Power! poster
9.3

The documentary Black Rio! Black Power! looks at the influence of the Black Rio movement on culture, society and the struggle for racial justice in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil between the 1970s and 1980s. The film shows the movement's impact on music and on the direction of politics and the black movement during the period of re-democratization, influencing genres such as hip-hop and funk, and the affirmative stance of the younger generations, who perpetuate the black pride and aesthetic appreciation spread by Black Rio 50 years ago.

Black Rio! Black Power!

2023

Deixa Na Régua poster
9.0

A stylish haircut can mean a lot. The busy routine of barbershops in Rio de Janeiro's North Zone is portrayed with a light touch through testimonials from their young customers.

Deixa Na Régua

2016

Favela é Moda poster
10.0

The daily life and development of young models of an agency located in the Jacarezinho favela, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Favela é Moda

2019

Favela é Moda poster
10.0

The daily life and development of young models of an agency located in the Jacarezinho favela, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Favela é Moda

2019

No artwork available
7.2

Composer Gilberto Gil accompanies filmmaker Andrucha Waddington to the Northeast of Brazil. Among the rural communities in the region, Gil and Waddignton participate in the Catholic celebration of Saint John's Day with music and dance. Waddington also analyzes the suffering of the population trying to survive through agriculture in difficult terrain.

Viva São João!

2002

Pretinho Babylon poster
NR

A Rastafarian living in Greater Babylon.

Pretinho Babylon

2007