Mônica Monteiro

O Auto da Boa Mentira (2021)

In four stories inspired by humorous tales by Ariano Suassuna, each created based on phrases by the poet from Paraíba, we meet Helder, Fabiano, Pierce and Lorena, living different situations where, ironically, the lie is always the protagonist. ...

Zuza Homem de Jazz (2018)

What is the influence of Jazz on Brazilian music and the influence of Brazilian music on Jazz? The documentary Zuza Homem de Jazz draws a parallel between the two universes, featuring the renowned Brazilian musicologist Zuza Homem de Mello as the protagoni ...

Karingana - Licença para contar (2017)

Maria Bethânia takes her poetic narrative to Mozambique for the first time. The interpreter presents excerpts of works connected by different forms of expression in the Portuguese language. With testimonies from Mia Couto, José Agualusa and several Mozam ...

Born Free - Filhos da Revolução (2015)

Esse Viver Ninguém me Tira (2014)

Aracy Moebius de Carvalho was head of the passport sector at the Brazilian consulate in Hamburg, Germany. There he met - and fell in love - with the writer Guimarães Rosa and processed several things to emigrate to Brazil, escaping Nazism. Aracy passed aw ...

Drums (2011)

Present in nearly all cultures and used for many purposes, drums have unique shapes, sounds, names and accents in each region of the world. Behind this vast legacy are individuals who play them and are touched by these ancestral instruments. From the rare ...

Cute Exorcist (2019)

"Cute Exorcist," tells the story of two excommunicated priests who are pursued by a sect of evil in search of an artifact that can defeat Lucifer, the prince of darkness. ...