I wake up in the early hours, too excited to sleep. Today I will be visiting the OSGEMEOS exhibition, SEGREDOS (SECRETS). It is still dark when I emerge on the streets of Cambuci, São Paulo, Brazil. Workers hurry... Read Article
The Amazon has long done its part to balance the global carbon budget, but a new study has revealed it is now emitting more carbon than it captures.
The most striking moment of Pelé (David Tryhorn, Ben Nicholas, 2021) is barely in the frame: in the aftermath of the 1970 World Cup Final, as the camera zooms out to capture a mounting pitch invasion, the Italian... Read Article
Codirected by Ricardo Calil and Renato Terra, who had previously worked together in the documentaries A Night in 67 (2010) and I am Carlos Imperial (2016), the film is a deep dive through Caetano Veloso’s own oral history into his imprisonment from the Brazilian military dictatorship in 1968.
This article was originally published by Sounds and Colours’s partner, Latin America Bureau. You can read the original here. A recent report, published by the Cyrus R. Vance Centre for International Justice, Earth Law Centre and International Rivers has found... Read Article
This month’s collection of fifteen contemporary Brazilian releases has been compiled from an almighty pool of potential albums; March and early April has proved phenomenally fertile soil. From pioneering dub to uproarious rock, angular funk and Eastern electronics,... Read Article
We’re talking ahead of the release of Neves’ hotly anticipated sophomore album A Pegada Agora É Essa (This Sway Now), due out on the UK label Far Out Recordings next Friday. But, for much of our early conversation, Neves looks to the past, rather than future, regaling with stories of a remarkable childhood.
Victor Miguez, aka Miguez, is a Paulista producer and DJ, as well as Bongosynth label and Apartamento 21 party founder. While the São Paulo party focuses on street celebrations in order to ensure people can dance together irrespective... Read Article
So, here we are. 2020 is, almost, finally over. The less said about this calamitous year, the better; there’ll be no retrospective taking us through its highs and lows – no need for the typical awards ceremony throat-clearing... Read Article
King Kong en Asunción opens with us in the backseat of a 4×4, as the protagonist (deftly played by Andrade Júnior, who sadly passed away before the film was released) drives into the salt flats of Bolivia to... Read Article
Yara Rodrigues Fowler grew up in a Brazilian-British household in London, where she is still based. She is the author of Stubborn Archivist, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and... Read Article
The Brazilian film Socrates (2018) is released in cinemas and on streaming platforms in the UK on Friday 4th September. Its director, Alexandre Moratto, found a break to speak to Sounds and Colours about his first feature whilst... Read Article
