Brazilian ballet – but you can call it capoeira
Few export products are as successful as capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art that mixes dance and music in exquisite way. You can certainly find a […]
Film
So you think you understand Portuguese?
Check these three short videos. The first shows an ice-cream salesman in Praia do Futuro, a beach of Fortaleza, one of the main cities of […]
The kings of baião
Before Bossa Nova, there was baião. This contagious rhythm from the Northeast of Brazil was taken to Hollywood by Carmen Miranda, in the thirties, and […]
José Padilha, the hottest documentarist around
Keep your eyes on José Padilha, the director whose movies dissect the social mechanisms that perpetuate violence and poverty. His latest work, “Garapa” (the sugar […]
Capoeira on the big screen
It was high time capoeira were represented in the big screen in all its glory. A movie just released tells the story of Besouro (The […]
Coffin Joe, the movie
Brazilian filmmaker José Maria Marins – a.k.a. Zé do Caixão – built an international fan base thanks to his psychedelic and campy horror features. Coffin […]