Gessy Gesse

Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius (2024)

Released in 1966 by Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell, the record Os Afro-Sambas is one of Brazil's most revered. Participants of the original recording, critics, friends and family of the musicians revisit the creation of this masterpiece. Filmed betwee ...

Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo (2012)

Recalling the films "Sol Sobre a Lama" and "A Grande Feira", which portrayed the living conditions of Bahian society in the 1960s, the scenario was the Feira de Água de Meninos that was set on fire. Today the Feira de São Joaquim and its marketers live s ...

Música, poesia e amor (1976)

Caveira My Friend (1970)

The adventures of a gang of thieves and murderers led by violent Caveirinha. A radical disruption proposal from the postulates of the Cinema Novo, a film with a loose narrative structure. Through the actions of a group of outlaws, the director sews in scen ...

Queima de Arquivo (1967)

Senhor dos Navegantes (1964)

O Santo Módico (1964)

Sol Sobre a Lama (1963)

A poor community in Salvador organizes a resistance against the destruction of the Água de Meninos street market. ...