Pixinguinha

Viva Volta

Heloísa Passos

Maria Bethânia, Raul de Souza

A documentary on Brazilian trombone player Raul de Souza who, since 1996, has lived in Paris and suffers because he goes unnoticed, unrewarded in his native land. With the sound of his trombone for a background, the film takes him back to Bangu, in Rio de Janeiro, and retraces his trajectory.

Saravah

Pierre Barouh

Baden Powell, Maria Bethânia

Documentary about Brazilian music circa 1969, with extremely rare scenes, such as the only color footage of Pixinguinha, images of João da Baiana, one of the fathers of Samba, Maria Bethânia rehearsing at Barroco nightclub, Baden Powell playing his acoustic guitar, Paulinho da Viola showing his masterpiece "Coisas do Mundo, Minha Nega", that he had just finished, and Márcia, a singer from São Paulo.

Garôta de Ipanema

Leon Hirszman

Márcia Rodrigues, Arduíno Colassanti

Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend her days among bohemians, musicians and intellectuals. While seeming happy in the outside, she's extremely anguished inside. Based on the famous song by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.

Pixinguinha e a Velha Guarda do Samba

Thomaz Farkas, Ricardo Dias

Pixinguinha, Thomaz Farkas

Conversa de Botequim

Luiz Carlos Lacerda

João da Baiana, Pixinguinha

Pixinguinha

João Carlos Horta

Pixinguinha

Pixinguinha, one of the pioneers of Brazilian music, composer of some incredibly sophisticated melodies, talks about his music and life.