Documentary about Brazilian music circa 1969, with extremely rare scenes, such as the only color footage of Pixinguinha, images of João da Baiana, one of the fathers of Samba, Maria Bethânia rehearsing at Barroco nightclub, Baden Powell playing his acoustic guitar, Paulinho da Viola showing his masterpiece "Coisas do Mundo, Minha Nega", that he had just finished, and Márcia, a singer from São Paulo.
Cinematography
Only known color footage of Pixinguinha exists here.
Direction
Barouh captures masters at work, not performing.
Director
Pierre Barouh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pierre Barouh was so smitten with Brazilian music that he learned Portuguese phonetically to sing 'Samba Saravah' in The Thomas Crown Affair.
João da Baiana, filmed here, was literally born in the 19th century—this doc bridges slavery-era oral tradition to MPB's golden age.
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