Documentaries

Tropicália

Marcelo Machado
Brasilien 2012
87 min
V'12

TROPICÁLIA tells the story of the cultural movement of the same name that roused in the late 60’s in Brazil. Headed by the musicians Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, the Tropicálist movement had its apogee in the popular music scene, with intense presence in Brazilian television, press and radio.

The “Tropicálistas” confronted the cultural and political establish-ment with pop songs, mixing traditional Brazilian folk and the northhemisphere’s rock. Their controversial thoughts, music and behaviour resulted in prison and exile (in swinging London!) for its leaders.

Through a rich research of archival material, inedited footage and the testimony of the group’s protagonists such as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Arnaldo and Sérgio Dias (from the band Os Mutantes) and others, TROPICÁLIA shows their artistic and musical evolution and the counter cultural aspects of the creative tourmoil it created in Brazil.

Credits
  • Caetano Veloso
  • Di Moretti
  • Marcelo Machado
  • Eduardo Piagge
  • Tiago Bittencourt
  • Oswaldo Santana
  • Alexandre Kassin
  • Gilberto Gil
  • Tom Zé
  • Arnaldo
  • Sérgio Dias
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