Samba

Synopsis

SAMBA is a documentary about the samba dance and its relation with the daily life of Mangueira shanty town's inhabitants, their experience with the real "foot" samba and how the dance has determined their lives. The characters are people from Mangueira School of Samba, intimately related to the samba world. Shown in more than 20 countries of Europe and Latin America: ARTE/ZDF (France / Germany / Poland / Belgium / Switzerland) STV Television (Sweden) , Yle TV (Finland), DR TV (Denmark), NRK (Norway), Canal A&Mundo (Latin America).

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Credits

  • Direction, Script and Production: THEREZA JESSOUROUN
  • General Consultant: HELENA KATZ
  • Editor: DIANA VASCONCELOS
  • Cameraman: REINALDO ZANGRANDI, DIB LUFTI AND GUSTAVO HADBA
  • Digital Technical Adviser: FLAVIO FERREIRA
  • Adicional Cameraman: PAULO VIOLETA
  • Soundman: RENATO CALASSA, ZEZÉ D'ALICE
  • Archive Research: ELIZABETH FORMAGGINI , MARISA FORMAGGINI
  • Sound Editing: JOSÉ LOUZEIRO , CARLOS COX
  • Original Music : CARLINHOS VERGUEIRO, ELTON MEDEIROS AND CACAU D'ÁVILA
  • Musical Production: CARLINHOS VERGUEIRO E MAISA AGUIAR
  • Animation: CESAR COELHO
  • Sound Mixing: RODRIGO NORONHA, JOSÉ LUIZ SASSO
  • Colourist: GERSON SILVA
  • Transfer Tape to 35 mm Film: DUART FILM AND VIDEO (NY, USA)
  • Year of production: 2001
  • Sound: DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1

Prizes and Festivals

  • "Samba"TV Cultura Documentary Award 2001 for the Best Brazilian Documentary in the VI International Documentary Film Festival "It's All True";
  • Ministry of Culture Prize for the Best Film in the VIII Etnographic Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro.
  • "Samba" was broadcasted in Europe trough ARTE/ZDF (France, Germany, Spain, Áustria, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium, Tyrol), STV Television (Sweden), Yle TV ( Finland), DR TV (Denmark) and NRK (Norway), in Latin America through Canal A&Mundo and in the brazilian channels: TV E, TV Cultura, STV and Canal Brazil (Brazilian Cable Channel)
"Everything you ever wanted to know about the samba dance can be found in the Brazilian documentary titled 'Samba', which is part of a showcase of recent Brazilian Cinema at the Thalia, on the Upper West Side." New York Post, 2002

Partners

  • Afinal Filmes
  • Apsen
  • BNDES
  • Canal Brasil
  • CECIP
  • CTAV
  • Distribuição Criativa
  • Downtown Filmes
  • Fiocruz
  • Fiocruz Video
  • FSA
  • Governo do Estadod do RJ
  • ICICT
  • Link Digital
  • Meios e Mídia
  • Secretaria de Cultura
  • Synapse
  • TV Brasil
  • Urca Filmes

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