Cartola

Cartola: The Samba Legend (2007)

Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hilton Lacerda  •  Lírio Ferreira
CAST:  Cartola  •  Carlos Cachaça  •  Sérgio Cabral  •  Nelson Sargento

Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hilton Lacerda  •  Lírio Ferreira
CAST:  Cartola  •  Carlos Cachaça  •  Sérgio Cabral  •  Nelson Sargento

Ganga Zumba (1963)

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Diegues
CAST:  Antônio Pitanga  •  Léa Garcia  •  Eliezer Gomes  •  Luiza Maranhão

The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Diegues
CAST:  Antônio Pitanga  •  Léa Garcia  •  Eliezer Gomes  •  Luiza Maranhão

Álbum de Música (1974)

Portrait of various figures in Brazilian pop music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Sanz
CAST:  Almirante  •  Ismael Silva  •  Nelson Cavaquinho  •  Cartola

Portrait of various figures in Brazilian pop music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Sanz
CAST:  Almirante  •  Ismael Silva  •  Nelson Cavaquinho  •  Cartola

Cartola: MPB Especial (1974)

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DIRECTION:  Fernando Faro
CAST:  Cartola  •  Leci Brandão

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DIRECTION:  Fernando Faro
CAST:  Cartola  •  Leci Brandão

Chega de Demanda (1973)

Documentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro Carioca and in Samba during his life. Founder of the Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Cartola has his life and his music marked by his community and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Moura
CAST:  Cartola

Documentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro Carioca and in Samba during his life. Founder of the Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Cartola has his life and his music marked by his community and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Moura
CAST:  Cartola

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Adelaide Chiozzo  •  Adriana Prieto  •  Aida Leiner  •  Alberto Ruschel

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Adelaide Chiozzo  •  Adriana Prieto  •  Aida Leiner  •  Alberto Ruschel

Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho (2022)

A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Bronz
CAST:  Beth Carvalho  •  Zeca Pagodinho  •  Mário Lago  •  Elizeth Cardoso

A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Bronz
CAST:  Beth Carvalho  •  Zeca Pagodinho  •  Mário Lago  •  Elizeth Cardoso