Brazilian from the birth of samba Episode 01: The series starts in the days of slavery, when an estimated 4 million Africans were forcibly moved to Brazil, and traces the development of samba from the poor black areas of Salvador and in Rio de Janeiro, where it was initially banned, to its fusion with European styles and its move to the mainstream. The program follows the career of the most successful and glamorous international star of samba, Carmen Miranda, and the growth of the samba schools that dominate the Rio carnival. He traces the struggle of poor musicians Northeast, who used a rival, forró style, singing about the harsh reality of their lives, and shows how politics helped the development of a sophisticated new samba-jazz fusion, bossanova, the From the fifties, that brought international success to Joao Gilberto and Tom Jobim. The program ends with the military coup that ended the optimism. Filmed in massive carnival celebrations in Brazil, in the lawless favelas, the extraordinary maracatu ceremonies of the northern interior, and music clubs in Salvador and Rio de Janeiro, these three documentaries with an hour long each, show music.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:31:36 +0000
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