Alceu Valença

Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo (2024)

Cafi (2021)

It portrays the work of Carlos Filho, Cafi, a photographer from Recife, who for more than 40 years has dedicated himself to recording a large part of the events of dance, theater and Brazilian popular music. Recordings, concerts, tours and rehearsals by im ...

Salve o Prazer! (2020)

Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro (2019)

The life and career history of singer and percussionist Jackson do Pandeiro, whose originality and unusual rhythmic quality influenced several prominent artists in Brazilian popular music. With unpublished testimonies from professional colleagues and famil ...

Alceu Valença - João Rock (2019)

Alceu Valença - Na Embolada do Tempo (2019)

Musician Alceu Valença revisits his career, from his first contact with music, when he was still young, through the 1970s, when several names in music from the Northeast gained space on the scene. ...

O Barato de Iacanga (2019)

Participants recall a series of festivals held on a farm in Brazil during the '70s and '80s that evolved into liberating celebrations of music. ...

All for the Music (2018)

Being responsible for all stages of the production of an album, Deck contributed to the success of artists such as Pitty, Sorriso Maroto and Cachorro Grande. The film "Tudo Pela Música" tells the story of this business and family saga - João, his wife a ...

Valencianas (2015)

Rock in Rio 30 Anos (2015)

Documentary of the legendary 1985 music festival in Brazil. ...

The Telescope of Time (2014)

Musical drama that uses popular myths of Brazilian culture to narrate a story full of meetings and misunderstandings, betrayals and loves, crimes and punishments. Against the backdrop of the Pernambuco backlands – its people and its culture, the cordel, ...

Nas Paredes da Pedra Encantada (2011)

The Man Who Bottled Clouds (2008)

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 i ...

Lendas Brasileiras (2008)

João do Vale, Muita Gente Desconhece (2005)

Latest images of the artist still alive, an unprecedented composition, testimonies of friends, family and icons of Brazilian culture. ...

Viva São João! (2002)

Composer Gilberto Gil accompanies filmmaker Andrucha Waddington to the Northeast of Brazil. Among the rural communities in the region, Gil and Waddignton participate in the Catholic celebration of Saint John's Day with music and dance. Waddington also anal ...

Patriamada (1985)

Vinicius para Criança: A Arca de Noé (1980)

The Night of the Scarecrow (1974)

In the miserable Northeastern Brazil, a ruthless land Baron wants to throw a poor farming community out of their land. ...

The Telescope of Time (2014)

Musical drama that uses popular myths of Brazilian culture to narrate a story full of meetings and misunderstandings, betrayals and loves, crimes and punishments. Against the backdrop of the Pernambuco backlands – its people and its culture, the cordel, ...

Lendas Brasileiras (2008)

Olinda Só Riso (1986)

Veneta (1980)

The proletariat are exploited by the bourgeoisie inside a gigantic robot-building. The situation gets worse and worse until, one day, they decide to take action. ...