Beth Carvalho

Moacyr Luz, O Embaixador Dessa Cidade (2024)

Partner of Aldir Blanc and creator of the Samba do Trabalhador, Moacyr Luz is followed by Tarsilla Alves' cameras for a week. A seasoned bohemian, we follow Moacyr's wanderings, filled with plenty of booze, gatherings with friends, and beautiful sambas tha ...

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 l ...

Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday (2020)

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Brazilian culture. ...

The Next Samba (2017)

A year of hard work, thousands of people involved, the choice of a great samba, the death of their official vocalist for 17 years, lots of sweat, tears and love, made Carnival 2016 extremely special. Behind the scenes of the biggest samba school on the pla ...

Damas do Samba (2015)

Since samba emerged in Rio de Janeiro, the presence of women has been fundamental to its creation, maintenance and perpetuation to this day. Muses, pastors, aunts, composers, dancers, godmothers, carnival dancers, mulatas, performers and even as workers, t ...

Zeca Apresenta: O Quintal do Pagodinho – Ao vivo (2012)

Samba Na Veia 2 (2010)

Samba Social Clube - Vol. 3 (2009)

MTV ao Vivo: Arlindo Cruz (2008)

Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia (2008)

Samba Social Clube - Vol. 1 (2008)

Cidade do Samba (2007)

Samba no Trem (2005)

A documentary about the celebration of the National Samba Day with the aim of preserving the memory of part of the history of samba, which was being forgotten by the press and the Brazilian people. ...

Casa de Samba (2003)

Jorge Aragão - Ao Vivo Convida (2002)

Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino (2002)

A movie about Banda de Ipanema, one of Rio de Janeiro's most traditional Carnaval blocks, and its founder Albino Pinheiro. ...

João & Antônio (1992)

A documentary about the fathers of Bossa Nova: João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim. ...

ABC of a Strike (1990)

ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of highly-regarded director Leon Hirszman in 1987, by which time the material had a new relevance. The gripping film captures the ...

Fala Mangueira! (1983)

A documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio de Janeiro. It follows the manufacture of the carnivals of 1981 and 1982, interviewing several residents who tell the story of more than half a century of the f ...

Linha de Montagem (1982)

Documentary about the strikes that took place in São Bernardo do Campo, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, circa 1979/1980. That moment was of utmost importance, since it revealed a Union leader, Luís Inácio "Lula" da Silva, who would later become Pres ...

Beth Carvalho Canta o Samba da Bahia (2008)