Movies: João Donato

2023
They Shot the Piano Player (2023)
They Shot the Piano Player
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New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976....
2005
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (2005)
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
7.52005HD
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style....
2018
Where Are You, João Gilberto? (2018)
Where Are You, João Gilberto?
6.52018HD
Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding father of Bossa Nova and last great musical legend of our time, Brazilian musician João Gilberto, who has not be...
1983
Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família (1983)
Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
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A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months before his death....
2019
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar (2019)
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
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Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not know is his pioneering work in introducing candomblé into Brazilian popular music. Recreating in a poetic way concepts present in Caymmi's work and life,...
2017
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas (2017)
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
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2020
Sambalanço - A Bossa Que Dança (2020)
Sambalanço - A Bossa Que Dança
02020HD
During the 1960s, between nightclubs in the South Zone and dances in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, a musical rhythm known as sambalanço emerged, mixing jazz, samba and Latin music....
2011
Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi (2011)
Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi
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2020
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando (2020)
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
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A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal di...
2023
Dolores Duran: O Coração da Noite (2023)
Dolores Duran: O Coração da Noite
02023HD
With a short and intense life, Dolores Duran left her name in the pantheon of great names in Brazilian music. Living in a time when women had to follow strict moral standards, Dolores had no doubts: she spent the night in bars and parties, drank, smo...
2008
Joyce Live - Show of Fourth Years (2008)
Joyce Live - Show of Fourth Years
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The DVD originated in an unforgettable encounter of MPB (Braziliam Popular Music) icons in a show held in the theater of FECAP in São Paulo, Brazil. Names like Roberto Menescal, João Donato, Dori Caymmi, Monica Salamso, Zé Renato, his daughters Clara...
2011
Nasci Para Bailar - Havana/Rio (2011)
Nasci Para Bailar - Havana/Rio
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Sixty years ago the pianist and arranger Brazilian Joao Donato meets with friends musicians to play and turn those moments into historical performances. The habit began in the late 1940s, when the acriano Donato newly arrived to Rio. Born into a musi...