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Moro No Brasil

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This is a very fine trip through a variety of music styles starting with a native 'indian' village in the north of Brasil, through the Sertao back country marketplaces, stopping in Recife, Salvador Bahia, and ending in Rio. The theme of the movie is there are three roots to the evolving Brazilian music scene: Indian, African, European, and by starting in the north, we move through this evolution in styles. There is plenty of live footage from street musicians and in clubs. Many of the music styles are unknown even to Brazilians from other parts of the country, so even they will learn much about their own musical heritage. The film is narrated in English with subtitles translating the musicians interviews. The producers of this film were the ones who did "The Buena Vista Social Club" and they wanted a similar film about Brazil. Brazil being so huge a country, there are many more styles to show, and the director does it with flair, emotion, and great color.
While the film ends in Rio, of course there are even more regional styles (and my favorite, chorinho is not filmed!) further south, but perhaps those will be seen in a sequel one day.
Very Highly Recommended for lovers of travel, complex rhythms, and Brasil!

This is a road-movie which covers many places in the huge Brazil where music plays an important role. The director had to choose some places and kinds of music to focus on, because otherwise he would have made Moro no Brasil I, II, III, IV, V, etc.
The places and the artists chosen are simply delicious!! The places are very authentic and the artists are incredibly spontaneous!! The movie makes us understand how Brazilian people are so musical, and that's because their own nature!! Music is in their blood and DNA!! Many times the most humble person is capable of creating excellent music without any training, classes or instruction!!!
I don't know if this happens in other places, but for sure Brazil is one of the places to research about good music!!!
Enjoy!!!

Someone totally obsessed with the music of Northeastern Brazil made this film, and he was willing to take the lesser names, along with the legends to make his passionate point...the point being that this music is born of the dust of Brazil, of the best part of the Brazilian collective heart, of the part we all who love Brazil have saudade for... I was riveted the entire time and feel a debt of gratitude to the director for sharing this remarkable music and the even more creative people that transcend their tough lot in life bearable through music.

Very nice documentary, but I think that "Brasileirinho", from the same director is more focused and more interesting.

"Moro no Brasil" starts showing the Brazilian native indians and their musical roots in the Northeast. Then it quickly moves to Bahia and then goes to Rio de Janeiro, where Samba becomes the main subject.

It's a patchwork, showing a lot of different people and a great variety of musical traditions. Good job for a 100-minute documentary.

I invited some friends over to see this movie with me. It was very well done, informative, and exciting. My guests and I were spellbound by the scenery, as well as the in-depth information about Brazilian music. Hearing all the different kinds of music, and seeing the musicians and singers, was wonderful. There was a cohesiveness that increased our understanding of the culture, almost as if we were experiencing it first hand.

This is a great DVD for those who Love Brasil and its Culture, as well as its Music. This DVD explains and acts upon its Music and Culture, as well as feeling its Rhythms !!!

This is a revealing and musically interesting survey of the musical origins of modern Brazilian styles more known in North America and Europe. Even though I was familiar with both the Northeast and Rio this was a learning experience that opened my eyes to many things I'd been missing--and a new collection of music. In particular it covers the many musical styles of the Northeast that feed into the better known Samba from Rio. Anyone familiar with the Carnival Samba School parades will begin to recognize specific components after viewing this film. For example, the origin of the heavy percussion section, the bateria, is found in the Northeastern maracatu. That itself has two major styles: maracatu de nação and maracatu rural. The Northeast is particularly rich in these strains and the state of Pernambuco alone has more than a double handful of distinct styles, including the carnival spectacular, very fast frevo. From the far Northeast the film shifts to Bahia and Salvador with samba-reggae and axé that also influenced those parades and modern samba. It wraps up in Rio with samba and more recent funk. Some, as I did, may have a new interest in collecting modern works in the various musical traditions.

This is how I know I have enjoyed something. Not because it left questions unanswered but because it was so delicious, I wanted a longer helping. This documentary mainly focuses on Brazilian musicians who are not world-renowned yet world class in their giftedness. I didn't appreciate forró until I saw this film. Forró, until yesterday, sounded like Portuguese hillbilly. ( I guess I was hearing the wrong band.)Even though, forró does come from the improvished Northeast, it is a very strong genre worthy of praise. However, I was in natural delight when samba became the focus. Lush rhythms, poetic tales of the lovelorn are some of the qualities which describe samba. It is not merely a music, it is a vast pantheon. In closing, I hope you enjoy this documentary as much as I did.

bought this from the u.s. and did not think about the different formats of dvds in different zones of the world. so I could only play it on my pc....a friend eventually converted it for me to usable format in australia

The Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki has made a wonderful documentary on the roots of Brazilian music. He begins with the Fulni-O Indians and ends up with the samba in Rio. The focus of the film is on the three roots of Brazilian music which are Indian, Portuguese, and African. Kaurismaki drives in his jeep through the Northeastern part of Brazil, then to Bahia, and on to Rio de Janiero and you are given a glimpse of life in these diverse areas of Brazil. The film enables anyone to see the rich soulful mixes of the people of Brazil and their music. For me it is a treasure as I share Kaurismaki's passion for the soulful, happy, makes you want to dance, music of Brazil.