Samba on Your Feet
7.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Eduardo Montes-Bradley Editor Eduardo Montes-Bradley Duration Country United States | 7.2/10 Budget 140,000 USD Genres Documentary, Music Writer Juan Trasmonte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Portuguese
English subtitles Release date November 2005 (2005-11) People also search for Unearthed and Understood, Soriano, Evita |
Samba On Your Feet is a documentary film by Eduardo Montes-Bradley also known as "Samba! reflections of Africa in Brazilian culture”. The film goes behind the scenes of Samba and Carnival to reveal the cultural and racial clash that gave birth to a new tradition in Rio de Janeiro.
Contents
- Synopsis
- Crew and Credits
- Cast
- Festivals Screenings
- Distribution
- Citation and Selected Filmography
- References
Synopsis
In Samba On Your Feet (2006) the filmmakers go behind the Carioca milieu to document samba and carnival. The one-hour documentary traces the influences that contributed to shape the music that consecrated Carnival as one of the most powerful cultural manifestations in Brazil. Roots and perspectives, flesh and ghosts, entities and divinities spread across the slums and over the sidewalks of Salvador, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro are essential to the make-up of the Brazilian musical exponent par excellence. Samba On Your Feet introduces the voices of Cartola, Caetano Veloso, Ismael Silva, Clara Nunes, Clementina and many others whose perspectives on the cultural affairs of Rio de Janeiro that have been carefully articulated with interviews to exponents of the Brazilian culture today. This dialogue between past and present takes place throughout the movie between precious scenes of archive footage from private collection, and government resources. Samba On Your Feet was mostly shot in the marginal slums, in the umbanda terreiros, in the favelas where the less fortunate inhabitants of Rio strive to overcome overwhelming rates crime and illiteracy to the rhythm and soul of the music they call samba.
Samba On Your Feet has been invited to participate at the Toulouse Film Festival, France 2008; Rio International Film Festival, Brazil 2006; Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) Argentina 2007; and Toronto Film Festival, Canada 2007. Samba On Your Feet is currently being screened at campuses throughout the US, and abroad.
Crew and Credits
Cast
Festivals / Screenings
Distribution
The film is distributed by Alexander Street Press through the Academic Video Store, and Kanopy Straming .