85 minutes
7/30/2010
In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name stars, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Gil. Appearing on such a program was no cakewalk, however: audiences could be as wild in their condemnation as in their appreciation of an artist. Extensive archive footage (including performances and behind-the-scenes interviews) from the turbulent final evening of the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music 1967 paints a fascinating picture, not only of the transformation of Brazilian music into real "festival" music, but also of a society starting to buck against the yoke of military rule.
Gilberto Gil
as Self
Caetano Veloso
as Self
Chico Buarque
as Self
Roberto Carlos
as Self
Sérgio Ricardo
as Self
Nelson Motta
as Self
Zuza Homem de Mello
as Self
Chico de Assis
as Self
Edu Lobo
as Self
Sérgio Cabral
as Self
Solano Ribeiro
as Self
Paulinho Machado de Carvalho
as Self
Marília Medalha
as Self (archive footage)
Rita Lee
as Self (archive footage)
Arnaldo Baptista
as Self (archive footage)
Sérgio Dias
as Self (archive footage)
Sônia Ribeiro
as Self (archive footage)
Blota Jr.
as Self (archive footage)