Carmen Miranda Movies

A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True.

An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the famous songwriter Jimmy McHugh, recorded by everyone...

Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert footage, there's also included a history of Salsa, and...

Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi composed, sang, wrote, illustrated and thought...

Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings...

An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song in Brazil and influenced generations of...

Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits. Preserved by the Academy...

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as...

“Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the singer Ney Matogrosso, which proposes to...

Short documentary about Carmen Miranda, with some of her songs, rare footage of the "lost" film "Banana-da-Terra" and scenes of her funeral, in 1955.

A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a tropical island paradise, and take her to Rio,...

A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles and problems. The plot, in fact, is an excuse...

A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011

Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"

Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.