Valesca Popozuda

Acting

Valesca Popozuda

Born 1978-10-06 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Acting credits

Funk U All poster
NR

A documentary about sex based on the world of funk, the most powerful and popular musical genre in Brazil. Without moralizing, the film reveals how, through the body, dance, lyrics, and experiences of its artists, funk expresses resistance, desire, pleasure, and personal affirmation. Combining footage of dances, bodies in motion, key figures from this universe, everyday scenes, and a beat that makes everyone move, the film celebrates funk as a vital and cultural force in the Brazilian periphery.

Funk U All

2025

Brazil: 2000 and ever poster
NR

An animation that is pure 'juice of Brazil'.

Brazil: 2000 and ever

2020

Favela on Blast poster
5.8

For 20 years, a subculture has emerged in Brazil under society's radar. It is the culture surrounding 'funk carioca', a musical rhythm which mixes the American electronic funk of the 1980s with the most diverse influences of Brazilian music. 'Baile funk' is one of the most interesting musical movements in the world, but it comes from what is at times one of the most violent and poorest places in the world: the slums of Rio de Janeiro (favelas). This music is the personalization of the raw element. Bombastic rhythms coming from the American Miami Bass and samples are fused with powerful rap vocals using Brazilian slang. This documentary tells stories of sex, love, poverty, and pride among Rio's marginalized people. They have their own language, style, and heroes. It's a film that's fast, heavy, and violent like the city itself.

Favela on Blast

2008

Peçanha Contra o Animal poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

Peçanha Contra o Animal

2021

Meia Hora e as Manchetes que Viram Manchete poster
5.0

The covers of Brazilian newspaper "Meia Hora" have always drawn the public's attention. They became viral both in the internet and in the streets for their unusual and humorous sentences. This documentary shows how the making of the newspaper works.

Meia Hora e as Manchetes que Viram Manchete

2015

I'm Ugly But Trendy poster
6.3

Documentary about the musical and social phenomenon of Brazilian funk (or Carioca Funk), a style derived from Miami Bass, based on repetitive bass drum loops and lyrics full of sexual and violent overtones, not directly related to American funk/soul music. This style emerged in the slums and poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro, and is deeply associated with the lower social classes, but is gradually being accepted on higher social circles. The film is specially interested in women's participation, focusing on its major female stars.

I'm Ugly But Trendy

2005