Brazil Music & Culture: "Semente" The Seed of Brazilian Music
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 05:51PM
Lapa is an old bohemian neighborhood in Rio, and it’s long been famous for its music and nightlife. The traditional music of Brazil back in the day was choro and samba, and now it’s enjoying a cultural resurgence.
Late into the night, choro’s melodic instrumentations mingle with the swaying rhythms of 1940s-style samba to create an aural paean to Brazil’s musical past, and it’s delicious.
Here is a brief trailer"
Journalist-filmmaker Patrica Terra calls it “The Seed” in this 95 minute feature documentary. The film lovingly documents the legendary Club Semente which began as a natural food restaurant catering to a “musician class” of young and unknown talents who, as you might imagine, were hungry as well as talented.
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