Olinda – Heartbeats of Brazil

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LAFITA - Latin American Film Festival Munich

DE 2021, documentary, 66 min., OmeU. Director: Marco Keller

There is hardly any other country where carnival is celebrated with as much devotion and verve as in Brazil. Alongside Salvador and Recife, Olinda in the north-east of the country is one of the best-known strongholds of the Brazilian Carnaval. Not only samba, but also other Afro-Brazilian music and dance styles can be heard and marveled at during the parades, including maracatu, coco and the frenetic frevo. In his documentary, director Marco Keller takes a look at the preparations for the carnival celebrations, accompanies the musicians Tonboy and Zeca do Rolete and provides an intimate insight into the social embedding of the local carnival clubs.

Guests Marco Keller (director) and Maracatu Munique (Afro-Brazilian percussion band from Munich)