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Title:

The black music of Brazil [videorecording] / a Harcourt Films production ; producer/director, Jeremy Marre.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Shanachie Entertainment Corp.,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Gil, Gilberto--Interviews.
Popular music--Brazil.
Popular music--Brazil--History and criticism.
Music--Brazil--20th century.
Sambas.
Bossa nova (Music)
Capoeira (Dance)
Singers--Brazil.
Carnival--Brazil.
Feature films--Great Britain.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.

Other Authors:

Marre, Jeremy. pro pro
Nascimento, Mílton, 1942- prf
Buarque, Chico, 1944- prf
Gil, Gilberto. prf
Harcourt Films.
Shanachie Entertainment Corp.

Notes:

Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento, Chico Buarque. Originally produced in 1982.

Contents:

Play program -- Samba flourishes in shantytown -- Samba schools and corruption -- Macumba: religion of the poor -- Rio's great escapes: beaches and music -- Modern pop samba -- Remote villages and African roots -- Ceremonial drumming -- Bahia: home of Gilberto Gil -- Milton Nascinmento and Chico Barque

Summary:

A street tour of Brazil from the ghettos of Rio to Samba schools preparing for Carnival and the African-rooted Bahia region. Includes interview with Gilberto Gil, probing the political impact of his music, and performances and conversations with other Brazilian performers. Finally there's the Capoeira dancers, performers of a unique martial arts dance which originated in Angola. Film surveys many styles of music of the country including Samba, bossa nova and others.

Series:

Beats of the heart

OCLC:

(OCoLC)46000643

UPC:

016351120793

Locations:

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)