Cartola
Angenor de Oliveira, better known as Cartola OMC (Rio de Janeiro, October 11, 1908 – Rio de Janeiro, November 30, 1980), was a Brazilian singer, composer, poet and guitarist. He is considered by several musicians and music critics as the greatest samba player in the history of Brazilian music. Having as its main hits the songs As Rosas não Falam, O Mundo É um Moinho and Alvorada.
Black Orpheus
as uncreditedYoung lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from...
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Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
as uncreditedA documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba...
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Ganga Zumba
as SalustianoThe life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of...
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that...
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Cartola: The Samba Legend
as uncreditedDocumentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers,...
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Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian...
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Fala Mangueira!
as Self (Burial Scene)A documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio...
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Álbum de Música
as SelfPortrait of various figures in Brazilian pop music.
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Chega de Demanda
as HimselfDocumentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro...
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