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.
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