Self
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 documentary revelation of the artist from his own lines, mined in old magazines.
Inspired by the life of the french-born photographer and ethnographer, Pierre Verger, the movie follows his journey between Bahia, Brazil and Benin, Oriental Africa, showing places and people he met and his life study project: the Candomblé culture.
Screenplay
Documentary about Carnival, narrated by anthropologist and photographer Pierre Verger, who came to Brazil in the 1940s. Video tells the origins of Carnival in Salvador, with the Blocos and Afoxés, and the traditions of frevo and maracatu in Recife, with notable images from the Verger archive.
