Roberto Menescal

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 ...

Toquinho Maravilhoso (2024)

The documentary narrates the life of Toquinho, one of the greatest Brazilian artists, a musician who transcends the barriers of time and language with his sensitivity. A story that shapes Brazilian popular music. ...

They Shot the Piano Player (2023)

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976. ...

Elis & Tom: It Had to be You (2023)

Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original f ...

Garoto - Vivo Sonhando (2020)

A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries ...

Memórias do Grupo Opinião (2019)

Follows the story of Opinião, a theatre group created in 1964 during the early Brazilian dictatorship period to oppose the government through artistic performances. Considered the first left-wing response to the dictatorship, the group gathered now famous ...

Tito Madi - Tempo de Amar (2019)

Erlon Chaves: O Maestro do Veneno (2018)

Where Are You, João Gilberto? (2018)

Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding father of Bossa Nova and last great musical legend of our time, Brazilian musician João Gilberto, who has not been s ...

Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas (2017)

André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music (2015)

Based on the autobiography of noted music executive André Midani, André Midani — An Insider's Story of Brazilian Music (2015) explores Brazilian music throughout his five-decade career through informal gatherings and jam sessions at his home, featuring ...

Maria Rita – Canto Encanto Tanto (2013)

In the documentary, the singer Maria Rita talks about her professional career, music, and life. ...

Raul: O Início, o Fim e o Meio (2012)

As the world boiled in the rush of Easy Rider bikes, in the frenetic pace of Elvis Presley, in Beatniks poets, in the explosion of counterculture, a boy from Bahia gave birth to Rock in Brazil. A runaway flying saucer that abducted the hearts and minds of ...

Loki: Arnaldo Baptista (2009)

Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most successful phase as leader of the Mutantes, marriage to singer Rita Lee and then separation. He also goes through the depression that devastated his life after the grou ...

Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day (2006)

The film has Gal's career as its guiding principle, drawing a parallel with the movement of which the singer was the muse and one of the main interpreters, and reaching the present day. ...

Looking for Black Orpheus (2005)

Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today. ...

Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (2005)

Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style. ...

Descobrindo Waltel (2005)

Um Barzinho, Um Violão: ao Vivo (2001)

Esta compilação, gravada em 2001, reúne grandes nomes da MPB interpretando "clássicos" dos barzinhos acompanhados pelo som do violão. Entre eles estão, Ivete Sangalo (Fullgás), Chico César (Filme Triste), Luciana Mello (As Rosas Não Falam) e Ed Mo ...

Looking for Black Orpheus (2005)

Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today. ...

O Quinze (2004)

Bye Bye Brazil (1980)

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. T ...

Xica da Silva (1976)

The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power. ...

Joanna Francesa (1973)

Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at São Paulo, and with him the frivolity of tea-parties and comfort. Her wild inner-soul will develop into the wild forest ...

Go To Work You Bum! (1973)

Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players. ...

When Carnaval Comes (1972)

Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task. ...

Um Marido Sem... É Como um Jardim Sem Flores (1972)

A private detective is hired to spy a married woman and ends up falling in love with her. ...

Society em Baby-Doll (1965)

Two women from Méier, a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, marry wealthy men who suddenly become millionaires. Displaced from their original social background and unsuited to wealth, the two wives must devise a plan to, acting like socialites, win o ...