Gilberto Gil
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.
Pelé
as SelfAgainst the backdrop of a turbulent era in Brazil, this documentary captures Pelé's...
Movie pageBios: Os Paralamas do Sucesso
as SelfThe backstory and legacy of Brazilian rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso is examined in this...
Movie pageThey Shot the Piano Player
as Self (voice)New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco...
Movie pageRio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
as SelfWith fireworks forming the word “Rio” in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to...
Movie pageAll Love Songs
as SelfChico and Ana move to an apartment in São Paulo. As they unpack Ana found a cassette tape. It's...
Movie pageMôa, Mother Africa Roots
as SelfThe documentary that began together with Mestre Môa do Katendê before his political murder,...
Movie pageDe Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
as SelfThrough clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil...
Movie pageO Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois
as SelfTropicália
as SelfSet against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary...
Movie pageAxé: Music of a People
as SelfOriginally from Bahia and considered today one of the most globalised musical movements in the...
Movie pageFabricating Tom Zé
as SelfThe life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop...
Movie pageDzi Croquettes
as SelfA Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent...
Movie pageLoki: Arnaldo Baptista
as SelfLoki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most...
Movie pageO Barato de Iacanga
as SelfParticipants recall a series of festivals held on a farm in Brazil during the '70s and '80s that...
Movie pageEd Mort
as Silva 5A detective is hired by a mysterious woman to find her missing husband, a master of disguises,...
Movie pagePitanga
as SelfThis documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic...
Movie pagePierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds
as Self - NarratorInspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie...
Movie page2012: Time for Change
as Self2012: Time For Change is a documentary feature that presents ways to transform our unsustainable...
Movie pageAndré Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music
as SelfBased on the autobiography of noted music executive André Midani, André Midani — An Insider’s...
Movie pagePermanent Pan-Cinema
as Self (voice)Documentary about Brazilian poet Waly Salomão, for whom life was always a fictional film and...
Movie pageBrasil
as SelfJoão Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia during the recording of...
Movie pageCanções do Exílio: A Labareda que Lambeu Tudo
as SelfCaetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jards Macalé and Jorge Mautner recall important moments during the...
Movie pageThe Man Who Bottled Clouds
as SelfA host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman...
Movie pageRiP!: A Remix Manifesto
as SelfRiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about the "the changing concept...
Movie pageThe Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
as uncreditedFor this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to...
Movie pageChic Show
as SelfDiscover the history of the Chic Show ball, an iconic black music party in São Paulo. The event...
Movie pageBeyond Ipanema
as SelfThis documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl...
Movie pageFuturo do Pretérito: Tropicalismo Now!
as SelfA look of the 21st century for one of the most important cultural movements in Brazilian...
Movie pageA Farra do Circo
as SelfThis documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists'...
Movie pageMaria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
as Self (archive footage)The film is an unprecedented and exclusive testimonial of Maria Bethânia from director and...
Movie pageVinicius de Moraes
as Self - Singer 'Formosa'To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the...
Movie pageRefavela 40
as SelfIn 1976, Gilberto Gil traveled to Lagos (Nigeria) with the purpose of participating in the...
Movie pageViramundo
as SelfGilberto Gil is among Brazil's most famous musicians, having influenced an entire generation in...
Movie pageDorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
as SelfAn irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the...
Movie pageA Night in 67
as SelfIn the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live...
Movie pageMaria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
as SelfBrazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts...
Movie pageToquinho Maravilhoso
as SelfThe documentary narrates the life of Toquinho, one of the greatest Brazilian artists, a musician...
Movie pageBahia de Todos os Sambas
as SelfBetween August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that...
Movie pageDominguinhos
as SelfThrough rare and precious footages and gigs with great artists such as Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa,...
Movie pageCorações a Mil
as uncreditedUniversity teacher investigates the life of a famous Brazilian musician, trying to discover the...
Movie pageA Última Vanguarda
as Self70 years ago, a visionary management in education and culture as a political strategy for the...
Movie pageTalking Cinema
as Party GuestA fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with...
Movie pageLooking for Black Orpheus
as SelfDocumentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its...
Movie pageAgostinho da Silva - A Living Thought
as SelfLife and legacy of Agostinho da Silva. Traversing the biographical journey, the life and work...
Movie pageThe Mandarin
as SinhôThe history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and...
Movie pageJorge Mautner: Son of the Holocaust
as SelfThe film follows the birth of Jorge Mautner up to his 17 years. He was born in Brazil shortly...
Movie pageMito e Música: A Mensagem de Fernando Pessoa
as SelfThe documentary addresses the project, which took 30 years to complete, about the recording of...
Movie pageYorimatã
as SelfThe lives of Luhli and Lucina, two especially important artists in the alternative cultural...
Movie pageGilberto Gil: Kaya N'Gandaya
as SelfGilberto Gil's 2002 album combines Brazilian pop with roots reggae. Featuring 11 of Bob Marley's...
Movie pageO Sol - Caminhando contra o vento
as SelfDocumentary about the 68-generation, told through the story of the newspaper “O Sol”, one of the...
Movie pageTwo Friends, a Century of Music
as SelfTwo of the biggest names in 20th century pop music together on stage, accompanied by their...
Movie pageTorquato Neto - Every Hour of the End
as SelfThe story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and...
Movie pageBlack Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion
as SelfGilberto Gil talks with friends and share his thoughts, influences and reveal his impact on...
Movie pageGilberto Gil: Tempo Rei
as SelfTempo Rei is the first audiovisual record of Gilberto Gil's vast work, celebrating the artist's...
Movie pageDê Lembranças a Todos
as SelfDorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life,...
Movie pageCopacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
as SelfA documentary on the restoration of Rogério Sganzerla's 1970 film "Copacabana, Mon Amour".
Movie pageChico, or the Country of the Lost Delicacy
as SelfA look into the 25 years of career of famous musician Chico Buarque and his influence in...
Movie pageNenhum Motivo Explica a Guerra
as SelfAfroreggae Cultural Group DVD containing a concert and a documentary about the group's social...
Movie pageLupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer
as SelfThe documentary celebrates the poetic legacy of Lupicínio Rodrigues, investigating the musical...
Movie pageOutros (Doces) Bárbaros
as SelfAlmost thirty years after the first reunion of Doces Bárbaros (four of Brazil's major popular...
Movie pageAperana Street 52
as SelfIn his film Rua Aperana 52 Júlio Bressane describes the invention of a landscape, the topology...
Movie pageGal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
as uncreditedThe film has Gal's career as its guiding principle, drawing a parallel with the movement of...
Movie pageBeard, Hair & Stache
as SelfAfonsinho, Paulo Cézar Caju and Nei Conceição started their careers in the mid-1960s, a time of...
Movie pageCirco Voador - A Nave
as SelfIn 1982, the Arpoador Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, received the first "incarnation" of Circo...
Movie pageThe Demiurge
as PãA colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist...
Movie pageBahia, For Example
as SelfThrough folklore manifestations and diverse artistic expressions, the film is a document that...
Movie pagePhono 73: A Country and its Music
as Self (archive footage)The biggest Brazilian historical festival of all time. The great cast of the 1973 Phonogram (now...
Movie pageEspecial: Ivete, Gil e Caetano
as SelfYear-end special brought together three interpreters of Brazilian popular music - Gilberto Gil,...
Movie pageOs Doces Bárbaros
as SelfThe film records the commemorative tour of the ten years of the career of the Bahia singers...
Movie pageMTV ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo
as SelfLive performance by brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo recorded at Salvador, Brazil, presented by MTV.
Movie pageJards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
as SelfThis film shines a light at the story of Jards Macalé, polemic artist and controversial...
Movie pageI Want
as (voice)Two kids merrily play make-believe inside their house, unaware of the inequality that exists in...
Movie pageDorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
as SelfSinger, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not...
Movie pageBrésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste
as uncreditedA documentary on the amazing Brazilian music movement known as Tropicália.
Movie pageInfinita Tropicália
as SelfTropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by...
Movie pageHunting Season
as SelfHunting Season deals with the wave of homosexual murders that plagued São Paulo and Rio de...
Movie pageRogério Duarte, o Tropikaoslista
as SelfRogério Duarte is one of the most important names in Tropicália, a Brazilian cultural movement...
Movie pageGilberto Gil - Refazenda
as SelfIn 1975 Gilberto Gil was releasing his album 'Refazenda', and talk a little about it in this...
Movie pageTorquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália
as SelfA documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and...
Movie pageGilberto Gil Antologia Vol.1
as SelfThe documentary goes through works composed by the Bahian musician between 1968 and 1987....
Movie pageJackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro
as SelfThe life and career history of singer and percussionist Jackson do Pandeiro, whose originality...
Movie pageAcústico MTV: Gilberto Gil
as SelfThe special record for the series Acoustic MTV meets classic in the repertoire of Gilberto Gil...
Movie pageSamba Riachão
as SelfDocumentary about samba musician from Bahia Clementino Rodrigues, aka Riachão.
Movie pageOctober
as SelfA view of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Elections, held in October of that year. The polarizing...
Movie pageHello, Hello, Terezinha!
as SelfHello, Hello, Terezinha! is a feature-length documentary about the country's biggest...
Movie pageÁlbum de Música
as SelfPortrait of various figures in Brazilian pop music.
Movie pageO Cinema Segundo Vladimir Carvalho
as SelfThe documentary presents an overview of Vladimir Carvalho's cinematographic career, from the...
Movie pageGermano Mathias - O Catedrático do Samba
as SelfA white man, yet forged in the samba de engraxate that had its main stronghold in downtown São...
Movie pageCelebridade
as SelfA successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and...
TV Show pageDesejos de Mulher
as SelfFashion designer Andréa Vargas finds out the hard way she is adopted. The relationship with her...
TV Show pageConversa com Bial
as SelfJournalist Pedro Bial discusses the most important current news in Brazil and in the rest of the...
TV Show pageAstral Journey
as SelfTwo celebrities with the same zodiac sign embark on an astral journey to the past, present and...
TV Show pageGil Family
as SelfFollows one of the most famous families in Brazilian music during the creation of an...
TV Show pageO Nome Dela é Gal
as SelfA four-part biography on the life of the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, from her humble beginning...
TV Show pageO Povo Brasileiro
as SelfDirected by Isa Grinspum Ferraz, the series O Povo Brasileiro proposes a deep dive into the...
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