Fala Mangueira! (1983)

0.0/10 • 49 min • Music Documentary

Overview

A documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio de Janeiro. It follows the manufacture of the carnivals of 1981 and 1982, interviewing several residents who tell the story of more than half a century of the favela's existence and emphasizing its community importance and cultural, to the sound of the most beautiful sambas composed on Mangueira.

Cast

Grande Otelo

Ítala Nandi

Martinho da Vila

Carlos Cachaça

Sérgio Cabral

Beth Carvalho

Cartola

Self (Burial Scene)

Clementina de Jesus

Dona Zica

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