Castanha

Filmes

To Each His Own Cinema
Self (segment "À 8 944 km de Cannes")
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.
Moro no Brasil
Mika Kaurismaki's documentary Moro No Brasil features performances by a variety of Brazilian musical artists, intertwined with interviews of every day Brazilians in order to give the viewer a portrait of Brazilian culture. The film includes performances by Silberio Pessoa, Darue Malungo, and Antonio Nobrega. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção
Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.