Movies: Jards Macalé
- 2018
Dê Lembranças a Todos (2018)
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Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi composed, sang, wrote, illustrated and thought about his Bahia, even far from it. His family, partners, friends and fans remember his history, which ma...
- 2022
Rubens Gerchman: O Rei do Mau Gosto (2022)
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- 2016
Pitanga (2016)
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This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues ...
- 2017
Torquato Neto - Every Hour of the End (2017)
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The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in several fields, including music, journalism, and cinema. He was an active participant in the revolution of Tropicália and marginal art, which cha...
- 1987
No Reino das Mães - Adelina Gomes (1987)
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Adelina Gomes, a poor girl, daughter of peasants, with a primary education and some manual training, shy and submissive to her mother, had never had a boyfriend until she was 18 years old, when she fell in love with a man who was not accepted by her ...
- 2019
O Barato de Iacanga (2019)
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Participants recall a series of festivals held on a farm in Brazil during the '70s and '80s that evolved into liberating celebrations of music....
- 1987
Images of the Unconscious (1987)
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In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in Brazil created the Museum of Images from the Unconscious in 1952. It gathered paintings and drawings made by mental patients from all over Brazil. Many of the...
- 1990
ABC of a Strike (1990)
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ABC of a Strike captures the 1979 metal workers strikes outside of São Paulo. The footage sat untouched until after the death of highly-regarded director Leon Hirszman in 1987, by which time the material had a new relevance. The gripping film capture...
- 1977
Tent of Miracles (1977)
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When a prominent U.S. Nobel Laureate arrives in Salvador, Bahia, the city with the largest black population in Brazil, he stirs emotions by championing a long-forgotten local writer named Pedro Archanjo, who believed that humanity would be improved o...
- 1974
The Amulet of Ogum (1974)
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An ubiquitous folk singer narrates the tale of a young boy, who apparently becomes immune to gunfire after his mother arranges for him to have an amulet bearing Ogum's blessings. As time goes by, he becomes a valuable member of a mobster's hit-team, ...
- 2015
Cordilheiras no Mar: A Fúria do Fogo Bárbaro (2015)
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- 2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (2003)
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Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues....
- 2011
Canções do Exílio: A Labareda que Lambeu Tudo (2011)
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Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Jards Macalé and Jorge Mautner recall important moments during the military dictatorship the befell in Brazil from 1964 to 1985. The film presents the events of the prison, life in exile and the return to the country....
- 1992
Torquato Neto, O Anjo Torto da Tropicália (1992)
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A documentary chronicling the life and works of Brazilian poet, songwriter, journalist and avant-garde filmmaker Torquato Neto, from his beginnings to his suicide at the age of 28....
- 2015
Big Jet (2015)
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The boy Francisco spent his days accompanying his father at work, or rather, on the roads. The man is a driver of the imposing Big Jet, a pickup truck used to clean the city's cesspools without basic sanitation. But the boy is more interested in the ...
- 2024
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil (2024)
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A sound and visual journey that portrays the life and work of singer and composer Luiz Melodia. The Poet of Estácio himself tells us, in the first person, his trajectory as a black boy born on the hill until his transformation into one of the greates...
- 2001
B2 (2001)
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A short film made with unused footage from The Red Light Bandit and Carnaval na Lama....
- 2007
Cartola: The Samba Legend (2007)
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Documentary on the life and times of one of the most prominent Brazilian samba composers, Cartola (Angenor de Oliveira)....
- 2017
Inaudito (2017)
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Guitarist Lanny Gordin was one of the fundamental characters in the transformation of Brazilian music from the 1960s onwards. He electrified Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso and Jards Macalé, among others. Lanny reveals his libertarian process...
- 2020
Todas as Melodias (2020)
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"Todas as Melodias" is a sensible journey throught the life and works of one of Brazilian music's biggest artists, Luiz Melodia. Featuring archive footage that goes back to the 1970s, the film presents the musician's cronology from his youth in the n...