Cego Oliveira
Also Known As: Pedro Oliveira
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: Not available
Age: Not available
Gender: Male
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The Man Who Bottled Clouds
Overview: A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-07-28
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Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção
Overview: Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-12-11
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Cobra Verde
Overview: A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires Cobra Verde to oversee his slaves. But when Cobra Verde impregnates Don Octávio’s three daughters, the incensed plantation owner exiles the outlaw to Africa where he is expected to reopen the slave trade. Following his trans-Atlantic journey, Cobra Verde exploits tribal conflicts to commandeer an abandoned fortress and whips an army of naked warriors into a frenzied bloodlust as he vies for survival.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-12-03
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Poética popular
Overview: The phenomenon of Brazilian oral literature with a study on cordel literature and popular singing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Ouro Velho, Mundo Novo
Overview: Filmmakers Cláudio Assis and Lírio Ferreira go on a journey through the frontier between the states of Pernambuco and Paraíba, Brazil, to show the importance poetry holds in local culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-06-24
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