The biggest bank robbery, now on screen
The biggest bank robbery ever promoted in the country happened in 2005, when 164 million reais (80 million dollars) were stolen from the Central Bank […]
Month: June 2011
All Chico Buarque for free
The whole production of Chico Buarque de Hollanda – arguably one of the greatest composers of Brazilian popular music, and essential to understand both the feminine soul […]
Honoring Saint John
Saint John’s festival, celebrated today, is a delicious fake celebration of rural lifestyle, with all the surreal stereotypes that this entitles. It has, almost inevitably, […]
Gipsies in Brazil
The Roma people – popularly known by the semi-derogative name of gypsies – have been living in Brazil for ever. In 1574, only a few […]
Dirty hearts: Japanese immigrants that denied their defeat in WWII
In 1945, the war was over in the Pacific and emperor Hiroito surrended to the Allies. But some Japanese that immigrated to Brazil were certain that […]
Padre Landell, Father of Radio
How a Brazilian priest – accused by the Church of devilish practices, and considered insane by president Rodrigues Alves – patented the first wireless […]
BBC documentary about Brazilian slavery
Brazil received ten times more slaves than the US. This is their story, told in 2000 by the BBC. It displays all sorts of original […]
Brazilian doors
Beloved poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, in his famous poem “E agora José?” (What now, José?), says: Key in hand you want to open […]
Brazilian monkeys
No country has more primate species than Brazil – over a hundred, from the very small saguis and the rare and famous golden tamarin/mico-leão dourado […]