Cast: Gilberto Gil

Direction Marcelo Machado

Cast Gilberto Gil · Caetano Veloso

Plot 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...

Direction Fernando Trueba

Cast Carlinhos Brown · Bebo Valdés · Caetano Veloso · Gilberto Gil

Direction Georges Gachot

Cast María Bethânia · Caetano Veloso · Chico Buarque de Hollanda · Gilberto Gil

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Daniela Thomas · Andrucha Waddington

Cast Gisele Bündchen · Michael Phelps · Caetano Veloso · Regina Casé

Plot Coverage of the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as over 78,000 people gather to watch an elaborate show of dance, music and...

Direction Rogério Sganzerla

Cast Caetano Veloso · Gilberto Gil · Joao Gilberto · María Bethânia

Plot João Gilberto receives Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethania during the recording of his album Brasil.

Direction Andrucha Waddington

Cast Gilberto Gil · Dominguinhos · Targino Gondim · Chiquinha Gonzaga

Plot Documentary about the popular celebrations in honor of St. John in Brazil, in this case, in the Northeast part of the country, where the celebrations are more traditional and widespread.

Direction Miguel Faria Jr.

Cast Nelson Angelo · María Bethânia · Chico Buarque de Hollanda · Cristina Buarque

Direction Décio Matos Júnior

Cast Tom Zé · David Byrne · Gilberto Gil · Neusa Marthins

Plot Fabricating Tom Zé is a documentary that portrays the life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop Tom Zé's 2005 European Tour. The...

Direction Roberto Berliner · Pedro Bronz

Cast Herbert Vianna · João Barone · Lúcia Willadino Braga · Katia Bronstein

Plot Herbert Up Close is the life and music of Herbert Vianna, front man of the Paralamas do Sucesso, "the most successful band in Brazillian rock", according to the Billboard magazine....

Direction Silvio Tendler

Cast Camila Amado · Jorge Amado · Paulo Autran · Bruno Barreto

Plot Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the movement called "Cinema Novo", with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.

Direction Daniela Broitman

Cast Danilo Caymmi · Dori Caymmi · Nana Caymmi · Gilberto Gil

Direction Lula Buarque de Hollanda · Carolina Jabor

Cast Milton Nascimento · Alcione · Lô Borges · Fernando Brant

Plot Documentary about Brazilian songwriter/singer Milton Nascimento, including some performances and duets with other important Brazilian artists.

Direction Júlio Bressane

Cast Fernando Eiras · Giulia Gam · Gal Costa · Gilberto Gil

Plot The history of Brazilian popular music in the 20th Century, focusing specially on the life and works of intriguing singer Mário Reis, a loner who, with his special way of...

Direction Ricardo Calil · Renato Terra

Cast Chico Buarque de Hollanda · Gilberto Gil · Caetano Veloso

Plot Documentary film about the 3rd Festival of Brazilian Popular Music (MPB) on October '67, at Teatro Paramount (São Paulo) with interviews and great TV Record archive footage of some of...

Direction Marta Alencar · Tetê Moraes

Cast Márcio Moreira Alves · Gilberto Braga · Chico Buarque de Hollanda · Hugo Carvana

Plot Documentary telling the story of short-lived newspaper "O Sol", an alternative press item which hit the streets during the repressive years of military dictatorship in Brazil, more precisely in 1968....

Direction Jorge Alfredo

Cast Armandinho Macedo · Carlinhos Brown · Dorival Caymmi · Tuzé de Abreu

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

Direction Geneton Moraes Neto

Cast Gilberto Gil · Jards Macalé · Jorge Mautner · Caetano Veloso

Plot Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jards Macalé and Jorge Mautner recall important moments they lived during the dictatorship. Prison, exile and then the return to the country.

Direction René Letzgus · Bernard Tournois

Cast Tunico Amâncio · Sérgio Cabral · Marcel Camus · Mariana de Moraes

Plot Investigation about the impact of Marcel Camus's film "Orfeu Negro", and its relationship with today's Brazil, illustrating the vitality of Brazilian music, such as the Samba and Bossa-Nova.

Direction Lula Buarque de Hollanda

Cast Gilberto Gil · Caetano Veloso · Chico Buarque de Hollanda · Rita Lee

Plot The documentary goes through works composed by the musician from Bahia between 1968 and 1987. Gil reveals his worldview and creative power in expansion at the beginning of his career...

Direction Eric Grunbaum · Scott Trattner

Cast Julia Roberts · Penélope Cruz · Harrison Ford · Edward Norton

Plot In this series of short films, Nature is given a voice to raise awareness that people need nature in order to survive.