Argemiro da Portela
Actor · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Movie8.5DocumentaryMusicA film that depicts the everyday life and the beauty of Portela’s Old Folk – a group of veteran samba musicians who belong to one of Rio’s most revered samba schools, the one with the most first places and accolades in Rio’s Carnaval pageant. These old gentelmen’s and ladies’ musicality and poetry are unveiled through their simple, but rich and meaningful, every day life in Oswaldo Cruz, a quaint neighborhood in Rio’s North Zone, that serves both as set and as a main character in this story.
O Mistério do Samba
2008 · 3 votes
Movie9.5DocumentaryDocumentary about Brazilian samba songwriter and singer Paulinho da Viola, one of the most sophisticated musicians of the genre. The film shows his biography, influences, masters and friends, as well his simple and peculiar way of life, with activities like restoring old cars, working with wood, playing billiards.
Paulinho da Viola: Meu Tempo É Hoje
2004 · 2 votes
Movie7.6DocumentaryMusicThe history of Partido-Alto, a musical subgenre derived from Samba, with roots in the batucada of Bahia.
Partido Alto
1976 · 11 votes