Norma Bahia Pontes

CHANTS BRÉSILIENS is a portrait of musician Edu Lobo and Brazil’s politically engaged song movement. The film intertwines his music with the political and social realities of the country during the military dictatorship.

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A portrait of Afro-Brazilian resistance traditions in Bahia and their confrontations with persecution and intolerance. The history of capoeira, which came from Angola, was persecuted and criminalized for decades, and later transformed into a national sport and spectacle. The maculelê, a warrior dance brought from Mozambique, accompanied by loud chanting. Finally, the candomblé terreiros - a mystical cry of rebellion.

Interviews along the streets of New York, with it’s residents, their relation to the city, views on drug consumption and the conditions of living in this city.

CHANTS BRÉSILIENS is a portrait of musician Edu Lobo and Brazil’s politically engaged song movement. The film intertwines his music with the political and social realities of the country during the military dictatorship.

No synopsis available yet.

No synopsis available yet.

No synopsis available yet.

A portrait of Afro-Brazilian resistance traditions in Bahia and their confrontations with persecution and intolerance. The history of capoeira, which came from Angola, was persecuted and criminalized for decades, and later transformed into a national sport and spectacle. The maculelê, a warrior dance brought from Mozambique, accompanied by loud chanting. Finally, the candomblé terreiros - a mystical cry of rebellion.

Interviews along the streets of New York, with it’s residents, their relation to the city, views on drug consumption and the conditions of living in this city.

No synopsis available yet.