Gilberto Gil

Born: 1942-06-26

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, known professionally as Gilberto Gil, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.


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Pelé

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Released: 2021-02-23

Against the backdrop of a turbulent era in Brazil, this documentary captures Pelé's...

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Bios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso

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Released: 2023-06-16

The backstory and legacy of Brazilian rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso is examined in this...

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They Shot the Piano Player

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Released: 2023-10-06

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco...

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Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World

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Released: 2016-08-05

With fireworks forming the word “Rio” in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to...

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All Love Songs

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Released: 2018-11-08

Chico and Ana move to an apartment in São Paulo. As they unpack Ana found a cassette tape. It's...

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Môa, Mother Africa Roots

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Released: 2023-08-03

The documentary that began together with Mestre Môa do Katendê before his political murder,...

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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

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Released: 2020-09-11

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil...

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Tropicália

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Released: 2012-09-14

Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary...

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Axé: Music of a People

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Released: 2017-01-19

Originally from Bahia and considered today one of the most globalised musical movements in the...

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Fabricating Tom Zé

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Released: 2006-06-07

The life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop...

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Dzi Croquettes

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Released: 2009-10-04

A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent...

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Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

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Released: 2009-06-19

Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most...

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O Barato de Iacanga

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Released: 2019-06-10

Participants recall a series of festivals held on a farm in Brazil during the '70s and '80s that...

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Ed Mort

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Released: 1997-05-05

A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises,...

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Pitanga

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Released: 2016-09-23

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic...

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Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds

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Released: 1998-12-31

Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie...

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2012: Time for Change

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Released: 2010-10-08

2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable...

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André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music

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Released: 2015-01-01

Based on the autobiography of noted music executive André Midani, André Midani — An Insider’s...

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Permanent Pan-Cinema

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Released: 2008-11-14

Documentary about Brazilian poet Waly Salomão, for whom life was always a fictional film and...

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Brasil

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Released: 1981-12-05

João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of...

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Canções do Exílio: A Labareda que Lambeu Tudo

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Released: 2011-01-02

Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jards Macalé and Jorge Mautner recall important moments during the...

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3 Obás de Xangô

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Released: 2024-10-05

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The Man Who Bottled Clouds

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Released: 2008-07-28

A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman...

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RiP!: A Remix Manifesto

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Released: 2008-11-20

RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about the "the changing concept...

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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

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Released: 2023-01-30

For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to...

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Semana de Arte Moderna

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Released: 1972-01-01

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Chic Show

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Released: 2023-06-14

Discover the history of the Chic Show ball, an iconic black music party in São Paulo. The event...

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Beyond Ipanema

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Released: 2009-10-11

This documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl...

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Futuro do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!

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Released: 2012-11-16

A look of the 21st century for one of the most important cultural movements in Brazilian...

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A Farra do Circo

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Released: 2013-11-30

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists'...

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Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu

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Released: 2022-09-01

The film is an unprecedented and exclusive testimonial of Maria Bethânia from director and...

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Vinicius de Moraes

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Released: 2005-11-01

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the...

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Refavela 40

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Released: 2019-11-19

In 1976, Gilberto Gil traveled to Lagos (Nigeria) with the purpose of participating in the...

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Viramundo

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Released: 2013-05-08

Gilberto Gil is among Brazil's most famous musicians, having influenced an entire generation in...

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Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos

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Released: 2024-04-25

An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the...

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Cidade do Samba

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Released: 2007-09-04

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A Night in 67

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Released: 2010-07-30

In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live...

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Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume

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Released: 2005-08-24

Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts...

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Toquinho Maravilhoso

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Released: 2024-08-13

The documentary narrates the life of Toquinho, one of the greatest Brazilian artists, a musician...

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Bahia de Todos os Sambas

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Released: 1996-09-01

Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that...

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Dominguinhos

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Released: 2014-05-22

Through rare and precious footages and gigs with great artists such as Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa,...

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Corações a Mil

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Released: 1983-03-10

University teacher investigates the life of a famous Brazilian musician, trying to discover the...

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A Última Vanguarda

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Released: 2024-03-19

70 years ago, a visionary management in education and culture as a political strategy for the...

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Talking Cinema

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Released: 1986-12-11

A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with...

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Looking for Black Orpheus

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Released: 2005-05-20

Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its...

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Gilberto Gil: Um Deus em seu Jardim

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Released: 2021-08-21

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Agostinho da Silva - A Living Thought

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Released: 2003-01-01

Life and legacy of Agostinho da Silva. Traversing the biographical journey, the life and work...

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The Mandarin

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Released: 1995-11-06

The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and...

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Jorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust

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Released: 2012-03-23

The film follows the birth of Jorge Mautner up to his 17 years. He was born in Brazil shortly...

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Gilberto Gil : Electroacústico

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Released: 2004-12-27

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Mito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa

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Released: 2019-11-27

The documentary addresses the project, which took 30 years to complete, about the recording of...

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Yorimatã

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Released: 2016-04-07

The lives of Luhli and Lucina, two especially important artists in the alternative cultural...

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Gilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya

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Released: 2002-05-14

Gilberto Gil's 2002 album combines Brazilian pop with roots reggae. Featuring 11 of Bob Marley's...

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O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento

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Released: 2006-08-19

Documentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the...

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Gilberto Gil – Fé Na Festa

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Released: 2010-01-01

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Two Friends, a Century of Music

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Released: 2015-06-20

Two of the biggest names in 20th century pop music together on stage, accompanied by their...

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Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End

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Released: 2017-10-11

The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and...

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Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion

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Released: 1987-01-01

Gilberto Gil talks with friends and share his thoughts, influences and reveal his impact on...

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Kopenawa: Sonhar a Terra-Floresta

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Released: 2024-10-03

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Gilberto Gil: Tempo Rei

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Released: 2002-01-01

Tempo Rei is the first audiovisual record of Gilberto Gil's vast work, celebrating the artist's...

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Dê Lembranças a Todos

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Released: 2018-07-01

Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life,...

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Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração

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Released: 2014-01-01

A documentary on the restoration of Rogério Sganzerla's 1970 film "Copacabana, Mon Amour".

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Chico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy

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Released: 1989-10-11

A look into the 25 years of career of famous musician Chico Buarque and his influence in...

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Nenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra

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Released: 2006-01-02

Afroreggae Cultural Group DVD containing a concert and a documentary about the group's social...

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Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer

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Released: 2022-10-22

The documentary celebrates the poetic legacy of Lupicínio Rodrigues, investigating the musical...

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Outros (Doces) Bárbaros

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Released: 2003-01-01

Almost thirty years after the first reunion of Doces Bárbaros (four of Brazil's major popular...

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Aperana Street 52

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Released: 2012-01-20

In his film Rua Aperana 52 Júlio Bressane describes the invention of a landscape, the topology...

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Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day

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Released: 2006-06-15

The film has Gal's career as its guiding principle, drawing a parallel with the movement of...

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Beard, Hair & Stache

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Released: 2016-09-14

Afonsinho, Paulo Cézar Caju and Nei Conceição started their careers in the mid-1960s, a time of...

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Circo Voador - A Nave

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Released: 2015-10-22

In 1982, the Arpoador Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, received the first "incarnation" of Circo...

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The Demiurge

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Released: 1972-01-01

A colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist...

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Bahia de Todos os Santos

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Released: 1974-06-12

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Bahia, For Example

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Released: 1969-11-24

Through folklore manifestations and diverse artistic expressions, the film is a document that...

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Phono 73: A Country and its Music

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Released: 2005-01-02

The biggest Brazilian historical festival of all time. The great cast of the 1973 Phonogram (now...

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Arraial do Gil

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Released: 2021-06-13

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Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil

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Released: 2020-10-21

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Especial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano

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Released: 2011-12-23

Year-end special brought together three interpreters of Brazilian popular music - Gilberto Gil,...

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Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas

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Released: 2017-04-19

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Os Doces Bárbaros

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Released: 1977-09-01

The film records the commemorative tour of the ten years of the career of the Bahia singers...

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Smetak

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Released: 2018-06-07

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MTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo

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Released: 2004-04-02

Live performance by brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo recorded at Salvador, Brazil, presented by MTV.

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Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal

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Released: 2008-01-01

This film shines a light at the story of Jards Macalé, polemic artist and controversial...

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O Tempo e o Som

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Released: 1970-01-01

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I Want

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Released: 2000-01-01

Two kids merrily play make-believe inside their house, unaware of the inequality that exists in...

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Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar

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Released: 2019-11-29

Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not...

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Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste

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Released: 2001-01-01

A documentary on the amazing Brazilian music movement known as Tropicália.

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Infinita Tropicália

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Released: 1986-01-01

Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by...

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Hunting Season

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Released: 1988-01-01

Hunting Season deals with the wave of homosexual murders that plagued São Paulo and Rio de...

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Rogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista

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Released: 2015-11-02

Rogério Duarte is one of the most important names in Tropicália, a Brazilian cultural movement...

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Gilberto Gil - Refazenda

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Released: 1975-01-01

In 1975 Gilberto Gil was releasing his album 'Refazenda', and talk a little about it in this...

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O Outro Lado da Memória

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Released: 2018-09-19

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O Presidente Improvável

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Released: 2022-03-31

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Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália

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Released: 1992-01-01

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and...

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Gilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1

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Released: 2019-12-09

The documentary goes through works composed by the Bahian musician between 1968 and 1987....

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Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

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Released: 2019-07-21

The life and career history of singer and percussionist Jackson do Pandeiro, whose originality...

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Acústico MTV: Gilberto Gil

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Released: 1994-04-08

The special record for the series Acoustic MTV meets classic in the repertoire of Gilberto Gil...

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Samba Riachão

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Released: 2001-11-20

Documentary about samba musician from Bahia Clementino Rodrigues, aka Riachão.

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October

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Released: 2019-10-18

A view of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Elections, held in October of that year. The polarizing...

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Hello, Hello, Terezinha!

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Released: 2009-10-29

Hello, Hello, Terezinha! is a feature-length documentary about the country's biggest...

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Álbum de Música

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Released: 1974-01-01

Portrait of various figures in Brazilian pop music.

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Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia

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Released: 2008-07-13

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Tropicália: 50 Anos

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Released: 2017-11-04

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O Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho

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Released: 2001-01-31

The documentary presents an overview of Vladimir Carvalho's cinematographic career, from the...

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Germano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba

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Released: 2023-05-31

A white man, yet forged in the samba de engraxate that had its main stronghold in downtown São...

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Encontros Tropicais

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Released: 2020-04-02

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Gilbertos Samba Ao Vivo

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Released: 2014-09-01

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Celebridade

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First aired: 2003-10-13

A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and...

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Champs-Elysées

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First aired: 1982-01-16

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Desejos de Mulher

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First aired: 2002-01-21

Fashion designer Andréa Vargas finds out the hard way she is adopted. The relationship with her...

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Grandes Nomes

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First aired: 1980-03-07

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Conversa com Bial

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First aired: 2017-05-03

Journalist Pedro Bial discusses the most important current news in Brazil and in the rest of the...

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Amigos, Sons e Palavras

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First aired: 2018-08-21

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Criança Esperança

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First aired: 1986-12-28

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Astral Journey

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First aired: 2021-12-21

Two celebrities with the same zodiac sign embark on an astral journey to the past, present and...

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Por Toda Minha Vida

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First aired: 2006-12-28

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Gil Family

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First aired: 2022-06-24

Follows one of the most famous families in Brazilian music during the creation of an...

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Vamos Tocar

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First aired: 2016-04-03

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O Nome Dela é Gal

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First aired: 2017-06-11

A four-part biography on the life of the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, from her humble beginning...

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O Povo Brasileiro

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First aired: 2000-12-12

Directed by Isa Grinspum Ferraz, the series O Povo Brasileiro proposes a deep dive into the...

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2022

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First aired: 2022-03-11

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