INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA – WINNER OF BEST DOCUMENTARY AT IN-EDIT BRAZIL

A thrilling reconstruction of the journey of Brasiliana — an Afro-Brazilian music, theater, and dance company founded in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1950s. For a quarter of a century, the company brought countless expressions of Brazilian Black culture — including samba, maracatu, capoeira, umbanda, and macumba — to stages in over 40 countries. The film features interviews with former members, spectacular archival material, animations, and curiosities such as their encounters with The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and Marlon Brando. It also reveals how, despite its international impact, the memory of this essential chapter of Brazilian culture was uncomfortable and largely ignored by the “official history.”

Cast: Haroldo Costa, Jurandir Palma, Watausi, Gino Askanasy, Marinês Yagnez, Joel Santos, Luis Antonio, Carminha Simpatia, Martinho Fiuza, Nelson Lima, Inaicyra Falcão.

Screening:
28 October, 8:45 p.m.
With the presentation of Joel Zito, the film director, and warm up session by Amarelo (Brazilian Obscure Music).