Jackson do Pandeiro
1919 - 1982
Bom Mesmo É Carnaval
J.B. Tanko
Zé Trindade, Jaime Costa
Colonel Polidoro is the political chief of the small town of Passaroca. Near the city hall elections, he decides to help his candidate by setting up an adult literacy course. For this, he needs to find a competent teacher and decides to go to Rio de Janeiro with this function. False moralist that is, ends up falling in the revelry, meets a beautiful dancer and invites the girl to spend the carnival on his farm. Drunk, he confuses the addresses and causes his driver to take the dancer in place of the teacher to Passaroca, which will cause a lot of confusion.
Bom Mesmo É Carnaval
O Batedor de Carteiras
Aloisio T. de Carvalho
Zé Trindade, Violeta Ferraz
In the Rio de Janeiro Central Station, the infamous pickpocket Mão Leve meets Ernestina—a Northeastern girl looking for a job—with whom he falls in love. Willing to conquer her, the thief decides to abandon his life of crime, but soon finds out it won't be easy.
O Batedor de Carteiras
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
Cacá Teixeira, Marcus Villar
Jackson do Pandeiro, Gal Costa
The life and career history of singer and percussionist Jackson do Pandeiro, whose originality and unusual rhythmic quality influenced several prominent artists in Brazilian popular music. With unpublished testimonies from professional colleagues and family members, as well as archival footage of their participation in cinema and radio, the documentary traces their journey between troubled relationships, dramas, controversies, stardom, ostracism, the return to the artistic milieu, even his death in 1982.
Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
