Nelson Sargento

Nelson Sargento

Biographical portrait of samba dancer Nelson Sargento in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro.

Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho

A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from hundreds of hours of footage and audio files kept (and partially recorded) by Carvalho herself during her lifetime.

Cartola: The Samba Legend

Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira).

Presença de Anita

Written by Manoel Carlos, “The Presence of Anita” is an amazing story about love, passion and the traps of destiny. Anita is an angel faced teenager who seduces a writer, destroying his family and his life. According to her, nothing is coincidence. Destiny is already written and she cannot change her fate.

Mário Lago

Life and work of brazilian actor, poet and songwriter Mário Lago.

Porfírio do Amaral: A Verdade Sobre o Samba

Memória em Verde e Rosa

The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about the slums and samba.

Orfeu

Orfeu is a popular composer from a samba school. He lives in the favela and falls madly in love when he meets Euridice, a newcomer to the neighborhood. But the local drug boss Lucinho stands between them and will drastically change both their lives.

Midnight

On December 31st 1999, destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone.

The Passenger: Adult Secrets

A coming of age story about a boy in RIo de Janeiro, Brazil who, after his father's death, finds out about his family and where he came from.