Music

MORO NO BRASIL (The Sound of Brazil) Tonight On AUX TV

by Allan Tong

April 25, 2010

Airs tonight on AUX DOCS at 9PM.

One day while traveling on a freighter in his native Finland, filmmaker Mika Kaurismaki got a hold of some vinyl of Brazilian music and his life changed. He went to Brazil and crossed 4000 km to film everything from remote villages to big cities, and outdoor folk concerts to flea markets where musicians sold their homemade instruments. Moro No Brasil is literally the sound of Brazil, reaching beyond samba and bossa nova to showcase a wide diversity of this country’s vibrant music that embraces hip-hop, dance and funk.

Unlike most music docs, 2002’s Moro No Brasil is more of a personal diary than a string of performance clips. After making several successful dramas, Kaurismaki makes his first doc and it’s certainly a labour of love (he’s been living part-time in Rio de Janeiro since this film). He’s searching for the essence of Brazillian music. Though loose and meandering at times, Moro No Brasil captures the passion behind these infectious rhythms. It’s tough to sit still for this film.

Performers include: Grupo Fleêtwtxya, Children Fulni-ô, Grupo Fethxa, Setka, Band Fulni-ô, Tavares da Gaita, João do Pífano, Silvério Pessoa, Banda de Pífanos de Caruaru, Jacinto Silva, Seu Jorge, Gabriel Moura, Funk ‘n Lata, and Zenith.

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