Search for tag: "foreign_film"

Innocent Voices

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which that is raging around him.

From  Benny Bauer 0 likes 0 plays 0  

Sonho de uma noite de verão = A midsummer night's dream

Bando de Teatro Olodum puts Bahian pepper in the Shakespeare classic, giving touches of black culture to the fun story of encounters and mismatches between humans and fairies who venture into the…

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 0 plays 0  

Paulinho Da Viola

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 19 plays 0  

Macunaíma

Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaima (Grande Otelo) later magically transforms into a white man (Paulo José) before making an adventure-filled trip to…

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 17 plays 0  

Baden Powell

Baden Powell de Aquino (6 August 1937 – 26 September 2000), known professionally as Baden Powell, was a Brazilian guitarist. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He…

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 1 plays 0  

Mário e a Missão

The documentary presents the great archival material and retraces the journey of the modernist writer Mário de Andrade's expeditions, from his trip down the Amazon River from Belém…

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 1 plays 0  

Black Orpheus

Young lovers Orfeu (Breno Mello) and Eurydice (Marpessa Dawn) run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death (Ademar Da Silva) and Orfeu's vengeful…

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 18 plays 0  

Musica Sem Fronteiras = Music without Borders

Music without borders - International Meeting of Experiences in Music Education with an emphasis on traditional repertoires , which takes place from August 22 to 24, at the Goethe Institute in…

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 1 plays 0  

Four Days In September

Based on a true story, "Four Days in September" is a moving account of the kidnapping in September, 1969 of the American Ambassador to Brazil, played by Alan Arkin. The drama unfolds as a…

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 2 plays 0  

Estilo Hip Hop

Estilo Hip Hop is a 2009 documentary film directed by Loira Limbal and Vee Bravo and distributed by IndiePix Films. It chronicles the lives of three rappers/political activists - Eli Efi of Brazil,…

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 25 plays 0  

Carlinhos Brown - Bahia Beat

Brazilian pop star Carlinhos Brown blends the traditional percussion of his native Bahia province with soul, rap, and hip-hop to create a uniquely contemporary sound. This intimate documentary offers…

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 8 plays 0  

The Warriors of the Dance

From  Amanda Matava 0 likes 31 plays 0  

Favela Rising

The film focuses on the work of Anderson Sá, a former drug trafficker who establishes the grassroots movement AfroReggae. The group, Grupo Cultural AfroReggae (AfroReggae Cultural Group), was…

From  amanda.bollacker@trincoll.edu 0 likes 59 plays 0