le_redacteur   |    Saturday, der 21. November 2009

The Secrets of Samba

O mistério do samba

Directed by: Carolina Jabor / Lula Buarque de Hollanda

The students of the master class at Rio de Janeiro’s most famous samba school, the the Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela, are older now and have amassed plenty of experience. With decades of music cursing through their veins, they are Brazil’s keepers of samba’s secrets. Superstar Marisa Monte takes a lead role in this documentary by encouraging Rio’s most famous samba musicians to play pieces never before been recorded and at risk of fading into oblivion.

O mistério do samba

Directed by: Carolina Jabor / Lula Buarque de Hollanda

Documentary, Brazil, 2008: 88 min, original version with English subtitles

Showing at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin on Sat. Nov. 21, 2009 at 10:00pm.

Some links to samba groups and schools in Germany:

Berlin

https://www.sapucaiu.de/

https://www.blocoexplosao.de/

Hamburg

https://www.bandosambado.de/web/index.php

https://www.udhh.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=35

https://www.virada.de/

Cologne

https://www.sucolegal.de/indexx.htm

an interesting database for Brazilian music:

https://www.allbrazilianmusic.com/