Elza Soares

O Primeiro Beijo (2025)

Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil (2025)

A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The Poet of Estácio himself tells us, in the first person, his trajectory as a black boy born on the hill until his transformation into one of the greatest art ...

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi (2024)

The film reveals the creation of poet Dorival Caymmi's musical works with testimonies from researchers, journalists and friends who lived with him and were able to enjoy his wisdom and talent. ...

Gerson King Combo – O filme (2023)

Grupo Corpo Pela Música (2023)

"Grupo Corpo pela Música" is a documentary about the original Brazilian musical production created by the dance group from Minas Gerais over its 45-year history. In parallel with the production of its shows, Grupo Corpo has been consolidating a creative s ...

Lupicínio Rodrigues, Confessions of a Sufferer (2022)

The documentary celebrates the poetic legacy of Lupicínio Rodrigues, investigating the musical contribution and historical context of this composer born in Rio Grande do Sul and author of hits that surpass generations. ...

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 ...

Amor e Sorte com Gilberto Gil (2020)

Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba (2020)

Sambalanço - A Bossa Que Dança (2020)

During the 1960s, between nightclubs in the South Zone and dances in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, a musical rhythm known as sambalanço emerged, mixing jazz, samba and Latin music. ...

Dom Salvador & The Abolition (2020)

Dom Salvador & Abolição is a documentary about jazz pianist and composer Dom Salvador, who have been playing for 42 years at The River Café in Brooklyn. One of the architects of Bossa Nova in Brazil and a busy studio session musician and arranger, durin ...

O Samba é Meu Dom (2018)

Between 2009 and 2012, filmmaker Cristiano Abud's team followed the Brazilian samba musician Wilson das Neves. The result is this documentary, which recaptures the trajectory of Wilson, considered the greatest samba drummer of the 20th century. ...

Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes (2018)

From his origins as a poet to his success as a singer and composer, Arnaldo Antunes revisits the most remarkable moments of his career. ...

Elza Soares: O Que Se Cala (2018)

Brazilian icon Elza Soares shines again. ...

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 ...

Eu Não Sou Napoleão! (2018)

What is it to be crazy? What does it mean to be normal? Was madness a disease or a form of expression for the human soul? A disturbing and exciting dive in one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in operation in Latin America! ...

Elza Soares: A Mulher do Fim do Mundo (2017)

Music about becoming women in the contemporary world, their emancipation and struggles ...

My Name Is Now, Elza Soares (2014)

A documentary about Brazilian singer Elza Soares and her long career singing samba and jazz. ...

História antes de uma História (2014)

Dr. K is an old man who loves hiking, always curious and looking for new knowledge. At some point along the way, strange and mysterious objects appear on your way. Little by little, Dr. K realizes that the objects will actually help him unravel a much bigg ...

Elza Soares: O Gingado da Nêga (2013)

Martinho da Vila – Sambabook (2013)

Elza Soares - Beba-me Ao Vivo (2011)

Samba Na Veia 2 (2010)

Elza (2010)

A tender homage to singer Elza Soares, a symbol of the struggle of black women in Brazil since the early 1960s. In an intimate atmosphere, Elza is interviewed together with different friends, like Maria Bethânia and Paulinho da Viola, with whom she perfor ...

The Ballroom (2007)

An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, of course, dance. Its earthy humour and eternal themes of ageing, loneliness and desire i ...

Brasileirinho (2005)

A musical documentary and tribute about "choro", an older style of playing that forms the foundation of all Brazilian composition, including samba and bossa nova. ...

Jorge Aragão - Ao Vivo Convida (2002)

Flamengo: A Century of Passion (1995)

When Brazilian multi-sport club completed its 100th anniversary, this documentary narrated its story by interviewing some of its most important sportsmen ever, in football, basketball, rowing. ...

Talking Cinema (1986)

A fragmented style, patchwork of interviews with Caetano Veloso's friends, mixed with conversations, thoughts, scenes of dance and literature excerpts. ...

Um Caipira em Bariloche (1973)

Polidoro is a naive farmer. Convinced by his daughter and son-in-law, he sells his farm to Agenor, a swindler and friend of his son-in-law. Through a trap, Polidoro travels to Bariloche while his farm is sold illicitly to third parties. ...

O Puritano da Rua Augusta (1965)

Old and conservative industrialist goes to São Paulo to visit his children, who are locally in charge of his business. When he finds out they're having more fun than work, at first he is shocked, but gradually starts to join in. ...

O Vendedor de Linguiça (1962)

Story of a sausage salesman, a simple man struggling with family problems. ...

I Wanna Have You (2021)

After a boy and a girl meet at a party, strange desires begin to appear. ...

It Will Get Better (2020)

Working as a TV host of an important political campaign for mayor, Luisa suffers with the professional relations with her co-workers. It's the last week before the first round of local elections and Luisa, away from her hometown and family, discovers a ser ...

My Name Is Now, Elza Soares (2014)

A documentary about Brazilian singer Elza Soares and her long career singing samba and jazz. ...

Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003)

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets i ...