Movies Similar to Sérgio Ricardo: Uma Outra História do Cinema Novo

Gal Costa: Recanto – Ao Vivo(2013)

Ritas(2025)

It explores Rita Lee's personal life and her creative process, revealing her musical talent and her ability to transform on stage. Rita herself guides the narrative through past interviews she gave throughout her career and current testimonies.

Maria Bethânia e Zeca Pagodinho: De Santo Amaro a Xerém(2018)

Dê Lembranças a Todos(2018)

Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi composed, sang, wrote, illustrated and thought about his Bahia, even far from it. His family, partners, friends and fans remember his history, which made him one of the pillars of Brazilian culture.

An Indian in War - Life and Work of António-Pedro Vasconcelos(2019)

A retrospective on the life and work of Portuguese director António-Pedro Vasconcelos.

Cinema Novo(2016)

A deep investigation, in the way of a poetic essay, on one of the main Latin American movements in cinema, analyzed via the thoughts of its main authors, who invented, in the early 1960s, a new way of making movies in Brazil, with a political attitude, always near to people's problems, that combined art and revolution.

going away

Gabriel decides to go back to his home town. In the way, he meets "El Signo del Caos".

Marisa Monte: Verdade, Uma Ilusão(2014)

Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Baila Comigo(2007)

Tribalistas(2002)

Tribalistas were a short-lived but popular brazilian musical trio consisting of Marisa Monte, Arnaldo Antunes and Carlinhos Brown. Their one-off collaboration resulted in the popular album Tribalistas, released in Brazil in late 2002 by EMI and in international territories in 2003. The album attained considerable popularity despite the group never performing any song on TV or giving any radio interviews. A DVD release featuring the 'making of' and all the tracks on the album was also released internationally. The song "Já Sei Namorar" was featured on the video game FIFA Football 2004 and the song "Velha Infancia" was used in a soap opera in Brazil called "Mulheres Apaixonadas" as its main theme.

Chega de Demanda(1973)

Documentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro Carioca and in Samba during his life. Founder of the Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Cartola has his life and his music marked by his community and his School, far from the city His school, created as a playful and expressive center for the mangueirense, has now become a point of tourist attraction. This made work possible for the inhabitants of the hill, but it transformed the spirit of samba and its aesthetics.

Antes que Me Esqueçam, Meu Nome É Edy Star(2019)

This documentary is about the artistic trajectory of Edvaldo Souza, aka Edy star, the flamboyant gay singer, actor, dancer, theatrical producer, performer, visual artist and the last of the Kavernistas alive. The script mixes the memories of artists, friends and Edy himself, meeting in a studio with the singer and composer Zeca Baleiro.

Tribalistas Ao Vivo(2018)

John Michael's Project(2024)

The character Jonh Michael embarks on a journey to tell you everything about Tim Maia.

Gal Costa: A Pele do Futuro – Ao Vivo(2019)

Vento Bravo(2007)

Roberto Pires: Êle Fêz O Cinema Baiano Nascer(2024)

Before Cinema Novo revolutionized the Brazilian cinematic scenery, a young craftsman and Bahian filmmaker had already paved the way for the beginning of the journey for some of the biggest and most popular films of Brazilian history. The documentary tells fragments of the story of director Roberto Pires, through snippets of his life and a journey through his body of work, interspersing archival footage, scenes of his films and an interview with his son, also a filmmaker, Petrus Pires, followed by a poetic narration and an original soundtrack inspired by his film Abrigo Nuclear.

Além do que se Vê(2004)

Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro(2011)

In the Interstices of Reality or The Cinema of António de Macedo(2016)

He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti, esoteric allegory, supernatural, and science-fiction. Without state subsidies, he would quit filmmaking in the 1990s. Who remembers António de Macedo?