Gilberto Gil Movies

At the Philharmonie de Paris, Brazilian music legend Gilberto Gil revisits half a century of his career in a gentle, committed, and eclectic concert.

Viramundo shows the saga of the northeastern migrants that arrive in São Paulo, beginning with a train arriving and ending with a train...

Based on the life of the player Afonsinho, who was banned from playing football for growing his beard and hair and refusing to cut them. Fighting for...

Gilberto Gil is among Brazil's most famous musicians, having influenced an entire generation in South America and beyond. Now in his seventies, he...

The film reveals the creation of poet Dorival Caymmi's musical works with testimonies from researchers, journalists and friends who lived with him...

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

It explores Rita Lee's personal life and her creative process, revealing her musical talent and her ability to transform on stage. Rita herself...

A colorful feature film that mixes exile with the figure of the poet Rimbaud and the feminist revolution. "It's super-intellectual. A...

Documentary about amazing Brazilian musician Rogério Duprat, main orchestrator of Tropicália, his rehearsals with Gal Costa, Os...

Live performance by brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo recorded at Salvador, Brazil, presented by MTV.

This film shines a light at the story of Jards Macalé, polemic artist and controversial character of Brazilian culture over the last four...

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His...

A white man, yet forged in the samba de engraxate that had its main stronghold in downtown São Paulo, Germano Mathias became an icon of a...

The lives of Luhli and Lucina, two especially important artists in the alternative cultural scene during the 1970s. In a time when transgression,...

Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. "Elephant's Stomp" : the story of a...

Tropicália was a Brazilian cultural movement that occurred between 1967 and 1968, inspired by Oswald de Andrade's anthropophagic ideals, pop...

After being forced into a marriage and enduring a humiliating work routine in the hands of his father-in-law, Zé Araújo becomes the...