From the big media conglomerates to president Jair Bolsonaro’s inflamed rhetoric to WhatsApp and penis-shaped baby bottles, in Brazil, fake news is everywhere. In Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s live Thursday addresses to the public, the former army captain,... Read Article
Ahead of its screening this Friday as part of the Barbican’s celebration of the 50-year anniversary of Pride in the UK, Sounds and Colours caught up with Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter director, Gustavo Vinagre, to discuss the Brazilian filmmaker’s prolific film output and philosophy.
First off, the festival João Rock, set in Ribeirão Preto in the interior of the country, pulls off a remarkable feat in that it doesn’t need any international names to bring in over 70,000 people to a 100%... Read Article
Sheffield DocFest returns for its 29th edition from 23-28 June in Sheffield and online, and features a number of Latin American documentaries under new Head of Programmes, Raul Niño Zambrano.
We are very excited to announce a vinyl campaign for our brand new compilation, Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro. It’s our homage to a Rio de Janeiro music scene that has continued to... Read Article
The S&C writers have been tasked once more with picking out some of their favourite new songs, and here is what they came up with, a diverse grab bag of new sounds from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico... Read Article
Brazilian-Mexican rock band Francisco, el Hombre present “Roda Viva”, their modernised version of Chico Buarque’s iconic resistance piece from 1967. The rendition comes about as part of the documentary soundtrack for The Coup D’état Factory, which uncovers the... Read Article
Welcome to a brand new regular feature, Nunca Tarde, our column for rounding up any albums that almost passed us by. The world moves so quickly that it’s important we remember to look at the recent past, because... Read Article
At a moment when Brazilian pop is embracing its local-rooted genres more than ever, and the expression “Brasil profundo” (“deep Brazil”) has even been marketed by brand campaigns, Arthur Nogueira’s latest album title, Brasileiro Profundo, might not come... Read Article
Alaíde Costa has been singing bossa nova and samba tunes for a long time, and is extremely good at it. The Brazilian’s recording career dates back to the late 50s, and the slight rasp that age has given... Read Article
Mariner of the Mountains (Marinheiro das Montanhas) is a delicate and engaging movie based on the director, Karim Aïnouz’s, personal history. Aïnouz was raised without a father by his mother, the Brazilian researcher and biochemist Iracema Lima Aïnouz. After... Read Article
Karim Aïnouz’s vibrant biopic Madame Satã’ brought energy to a sunny Sunday afternoon at this year’s BFI Flare: London’s LGBTQIA+ Festival. Screened in the BFI’s main auditorium to an audience of four hundred, twenty years after its initial... Read Article
