Tom Zé

Anna Mariani - Photographic Notes (2024)

The paths that the artist traveled to create two essays that are landmarks of contemporary Brazilian photography. ...

A Última Vanguarda (2024)

70 years ago, a visionary management in education and culture as a political strategy for the dissemination and development of Bahia gave rise to an artistic vanguard that still impacts Brazilian culture today. ...

Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar (2019)

Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not know is his pioneering work in introducing candomblé into Brazilian popular music. Recreating in a poetic way concepts present in Caymmi's work and life, the ...

Rito do Amor Selvagem (2019)

Amigo Arrigo (2019)

The art of Arrigo Barnabé, one of the pillars of the São Paulo experimental music scene during the 80's and author of critically acclaimed albums such as "Clara Crocodilo" (1980) and "Tubarões Voadores" (1984). ...

Tropicália: 50 Anos (2017)

Dunas do Barato (2017)

A rescue of the history of Ipanema beach in the 1970s, when the construction of a pier changed the landscape and created fertile soil for a generation of artists and sportsmen. ...

Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End (2017)

The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in several fields, including music, journalism, and cinema. He was an active participant in the revolution of Tropicália and marginal art, which changed ...

Tropicália (2012)

Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as Tropicália, and the struggle its artists endured to protect their right to freely express revolutionary thoug ...

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 ...

Filhos de João, O Admirável Mundo Novo Baiano (2011)

A panorama of Brazilian popular music from the 60s and 70s through the musical group Novos Baianos. A retrospective of the community lifestyle adopted by its members and the influence inherited from singer João Gilberto. ...

Escutando Tom Zé (2010)

Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut (2009)

The enlightened and extra-terrestrial Brazilian genius-multi-instrumentalist flies to Asturias in 2008 to give a music workshop. His journey takes us on another: that of his career, the ostracism with which he would be punished, his perpetual crusade for t ...

Beyond Ipanema (2009)

This documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl from Ipanema" to explore how samba, Brazilectro and other Brazilian music styles have long captivated audiences and influenced musicians around the world. Mixing ...

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 ...

Palavra (En)Cantada (2009)

A journey in the history of the Brazilian songbook with a look at the relationship between poetry and music, sewing testimonials of great names of our culture, musical performances and amazing research of images. ...

Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Ovelha Negra (2007)

Brazilian singer Rita Lee narrates moments about her life, from her childhood to the meeting with Roberto de Carvalho. The documentary is permeated with excerpts from the singer's concerts, with songs sung entirely. ...

Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil (2007)

One of Brazil's most popular contemporary dance ensembles, Grupo Corpo combines Afro-Brazilian movements with ballet and modern dance to create an innovative and visually dynamic stage performance unlike any other. Documentarian Jürgen Wilcke gives viewer ...

Wood & Stock: Sex, Oregano and Rock'n'Roll (2006)

Experience an adventure of counterculture, psychedelia, and an abundance of peace and love with Angeli's beloved comic characters, the hippies Wood & Stock. As the euphoria of the 1970s fades, it's time to focus on family and work. However, a new rock band ...

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. ...

Fabricating Tom Zé (2006)

The life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop Tom Zé's 2005 European Tour. The documentary shows a detailed vision of Tom Zé's personal musical universe, in which a guitar and a vacuum cleaner have the sam ...

Samba Riachão (2001)

Documentary about samba musician from Bahia Clementino Rodrigues, aka Riachão. ...

Mater Dei (2001)

Brésil: La Révolution Tropicaliste (2001)

A documentary on the amazing Brazilian music movement known as Tropicália. ...

Tom Zé ou Quem Irá Colocar uma Dinamite na Cabeça do Século? (2000)

This documentary offers an immersive journey into the inventiveness and musical experimentation of a complex and restless artist whose path is deeply intertwined with the Tropicália movement. A specially designed setting provides the backdrop for capturin ...

Saturday (1995)

On a Saturday morning, an advertising crew arrives at a decadent old building downtown São Paulo to shoot a TV commercial. ...

Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália (1992)

A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings to his suicide at the age of 28. ...

Tom Zé: Programa Ensaio (1991)

Infinita Tropicália (1986)

Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop art and the concretism. Twenty years later, this film revisits the movement and shows that Tropicalismo will never ...

Cobrador: In God We Trust (2007)

Adaptation and unification in a single story of several stories by the writer Rubem Fonseca, where the theme of violence in contemporary society is explored. ...