The Brazilian music history lesson you didn't know you needed — with David Byrne in the front row.
A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.
Acting
Caetano Veloso's eyes light up talking about baião — pure love.
Score
The soundtrack does what the film promises: resurrects forgotten magic.
Director
Lírio Ferreira
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Baião originated in Brazil's arid northeast, using accordion and zabumba drum — instruments colonizers and the colonized both claimed.
Humberto Teixeira co-wrote 'Asa Branca' with Luiz Gonzaga in 1947; it became an unofficial anthem for displaced northeasterners.
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