Jom Tob Azulay

In 1976, a great rock show, called "Som, Sol & Surf", took place on Itaúna beach, in Saquarema and also had a surfing championship. For three days, a crowd of young people enjoyed songs by Rita Lee, Angela Ro Ro, Raul Seixas and others.

Cléo is making her first film, inspired by french cinema and the nouvelle vague.

Documentary about João Nogueira, popular singer and composer from Rio de Janeiro

Documentary about João Nogueira, popular singer and composer from Rio de Janeiro

Documentary about Guinea-Bissau, African soccer, and the colonial emancipation movement.

The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.

The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of Portugal's élite led him to persecution and torture, becoming kind of a scapegoat.

Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago.

The training process of professional soccer players has become part of a powerful economic system. The case of Pintinho illustrates the drama not only of soccer players, but all those gifted with talent and potential who permanently struggle against the social and economic conditions in which they live and which hinder their personal realization. The film shows soccer as one of the few ways of escaping poor social conditions, as well as the high price of success, the problems in overcoming personal limitations and bearing the pressures of premature expectations.

Alberto Cavalcanti reviews his own prolific career as a filmmaker.

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The film records the commemorative tour of the ten years of the career of the Bahia singers Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa, who formed the group with the name of Doces Bárbaros (Sweet Barbarians), at the suggestion of Bethânia. Conceived to present the shows of the live album that would be released (Doces Bárbaros - Live), the documentary changed of tone when registering the arrest and judgment of Gilberto Gil and of a companion by possession of drugs. Gil was forced to go to a detox clinic, and only went out to participate in the programmed shows.

The film records the commemorative tour of the ten years of the career of the Bahia singers Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa, who formed the group with the name of Doces Bárbaros (Sweet Barbarians), at the suggestion of Bethânia. Conceived to present the shows of the live album that would be released (Doces Bárbaros - Live), the documentary changed of tone when registering the arrest and judgment of Gilberto Gil and of a companion by possession of drugs. Gil was forced to go to a detox clinic, and only went out to participate in the programmed shows.

A feature-length musical documentary about the history of the celebrated musician couple Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, who helped shape the global music scene from the 1970s onward as pioneers of jazz fusion. Set against a present-day recording session, the film interweaves the artists’ personal and professional lives, past and present.

A feature-length musical documentary about the history of the celebrated musician couple Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, who helped shape the global music scene from the 1970s onward as pioneers of jazz fusion. Set against a present-day recording session, the film interweaves the artists’ personal and professional lives, past and present.

A feature-length musical documentary about the history of the celebrated musician couple Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, who helped shape the global music scene from the 1970s onward as pioneers of jazz fusion. Set against a present-day recording session, the film interweaves the artists’ personal and professional lives, past and present.

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University teacher investigates the life of a famous Brazilian musician, trying to discover the secret of mass communication through his songs and performances, while ultimately falling in love with one of his groupies.

University teacher investigates the life of a famous Brazilian musician, trying to discover the secret of mass communication through his songs and performances, while ultimately falling in love with one of his groupies.

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