Samba Movies

An Italian businessman travels to Brazil looking for a new job. When things don't go his way, he becomes despondent until he meets a beautiful woman...

The Mangueira slum is the scenario where Tantinho and the old samba composers remember stories about the slums and samba.

A portrayal of the life of one of the most important samba musicians in Brazil, Bahian sambista Oscar da Penha, popularly known as Batatinha (1924...

At a bar table, old samba singer and composer Adoniran Barbosa tells a young waiter stories about a São Paulo that no longer exists. He fondly...

Documentary about Brazilian music circa 1969, with extremely rare scenes, such as the only color footage of Pixinguinha, images of João da...

When a young Afro-Brazillian dancer is pressured to live up to her mother’s decorated Samba career, she is haunted by who the world wants her...

Documentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro Carioca and in Samba during his life. Founder of the...

Beautiful tribute to the composer Elton Medeiros. Together with his last partner Vidal Assis, he sings, tells stories and moves.

The documentary talks a little about the carnival experience that Arlindo Rodrigues had during his more than 25 years of artistic life.