Gilberto Gil Movies

The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The...

Against the backdrop of a turbulent era in Brazil, this documentary captures Pelé's extraordinary path from breakthrough talent to national...

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian...

Documentary about samba musician from Bahia Clementino Rodrigues, aka Riachão.

Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known...

The lives of Luhli and Lucina, two especially important artists in the alternative cultural scene during the 1970s. In a time when transgression,...

A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay...

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European...

An intimate portrait of Preta Gil, crafted from never-before-seen footage and moving testimonials that reveal her strength in the face of life and...

"JMB, O Famigerado" is an audiovisual bricolage assault featuring the subject-object Jomard Muniz de Britto—an organic/outsider bricoleur in...

At the Philharmonie de Paris, Brazilian music legend Gilberto Gil revisits half a century of his career in a gentle, committed, and eclectic concert.

In 1976, Gilberto Gil traveled to Lagos (Nigeria) with the purpose of participating in the Second Festival of Black Art and Culture. The event had...

A look at the Brazilian black movement between 1977 and 1988, going by the relationship between Brazil and Africa.

Documentary about Marcel Camus' 1959 film Black Orpheus, its cultural and musical roots, and its resonance in Brazil today.

Based on the life of the player Afonsinho, who was banned from playing football for growing his beard and hair and refusing to cut them. Fighting for...

Rogério Duarte is one of the most important names in Tropicália, a Brazilian cultural movement of the 1960s. The plastic artist was one...

Chico and Ana move to an apartment in São Paulo. As they unpack Ana found a cassette tape. It's a mix-tape that Clarisse made 20 years earlier...

Discover the history of the Chic Show ball, an iconic black music party in São Paulo. The event was a milestone in the life of São...

This film shines a light at the story of Jards Macalé, polemic artist and controversial character of Brazilian culture over the last four...