SLUM DUNK MUSIC FILM PROGRAMME

Slum Dunk Music Film Programme features brand new music docs by the hottest independent filmmakers from around Brazil.
The programme presents a series of startling documentaries on Brazil's distinctive music scenes, including films on the Baile Funk scene from Rio de Janeiro; the underground of São Paulo and its Drum & Bass scene, the Recife’s Mangue Beat Movement with Chico Science and Mundo Livre amongst others. Plus appearances by Tom Zé, Tati Quebra Barraco, DJ Marky, Walter Franco, Sabotage, Vanessinha do Picatchu, Itamar Assumpção, Arnaldo Antunes; Faces do Subúrbio, Xerxes, Racionais MCs, Thaide, DJ Hum, Leci Brandão.

21/01/2005 - 7 PM
Urban Maps II – Recife From Its Poets And Composers (1h 15min)
Dir: Daniel Augusto
Urban Maps II maps the music and poetry of Recife through interviews with some of its great artists and composers on the city's imaginary.
Expect amazing music and talk from Jorge du Peixe (Nação Zumbi), Otto, Lenine, Fred Zero Quatro (Mundo Livre S. A), Faces do Subúrbio, Antonio Nóbrega, Sebastião Uchoa Leite.
Plus in depth coverage of Recife's greatest music movement MANGUE BEAT!

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11/02/2005 - 7 PM
Urban Maps I - São Paulo (1h 18 min)
Dir: Daniel Augusto
Urban Maps 1 reveals São Paulo, Brazil's largest urban centre, through its music and past. Featuring Tom Zé, Arnaldo Antunes, Arrigo Barnabé, Itamar Assumpção, José Miguel Wisnik, Luiz Tatit, Nelson Ascher, Paulo Vanzolini and Régis Bonvicino. All talking frankly about its music and other bossas!

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19/03/2005 - 7 PM
I'm Ugly but I'm Trendy (60min)
Dir: Denise Garcia (Toscographics)
Rio's Funk is filled with MCs and bands formed by women. In the dance hall market, female performances are essential to the night's success. Tati Quebra-Barraco (Tati Shack Breaker) draws the crowd that sings along every dirty word. There are the Tchutchucas, Danadinhas, Bonde Faz Gostoso and many other "bondes" (dance and vocal ensembles) that make the audience go crazy with their wiggling. There's a bit of everything for every taste and the result is a party where thousands of youths repeat gestures, choreographs, lyrics and have fun!
Rio de Janeiro is the stage for funk culture. According to its DJs the number of dance halls reaches 1000 on weekends. Involved in the production of those parties, there are sound crews, agents, DJs, owners and club employees, lighting crews, vendors selling food and drinks and a large audience. Finally, this is an economy being supported by the desire and talent of an enormous population that lives in the slums and suburbs of Rio. This film attempts to map the Rio de Janeiro funk universe from the point of view of female funkers, who are also mothers, wives, students, workers.

Saravá (15min)
Dir: Beto Valente and Dado Amaral
An experimental post-tropicália cum film-performance with artists Jarbas Lopes and Cabelo!

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Walter Franco, Muito Tudo - (25 min)
Dir: Bel Bechara and Sandro Serpa
Documentary on the avant pop of Walter Franco. Just like Tom Zé (who was also overlooked in Brazil in the past before being ‘rediscovered’ by David Byrne and Tortoise) Walter Franco still remains like foreigner in his own country. This is a great film about Walter's music and his creative processes including interviews with key people on the avant gard scene from Brazil. Walter Franco is as important as Tom Zé or Caetano Veloso for Brazilian Pop Music. He remains deeply overlooked

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13/05/2005 - 7 PM
Drum In Braz - (40 min)
Dir: Bobby Nogueira
East Zone's Drum & Bass scene doc from São Paulo featuring DJ Marky, Patife, Koloral, Xerxes, Ramilson Maia amongst others.
It includes a great trip to the UK plus radio show appearances, gigs at Movement and DJ comments. Unmissable!

Trojan Horse Operation - (30 min)
Dir: Thiago Villas Boas, Laura Taffarel, Axel Weisz
"A plunge into São Paulo´s urban culture. The adventure of youngsters from São Paulo´s outskirts, who try to snick in a rave party. During their journey, they face mud, guard dogs, and even security staff´s shooting."

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10/06/2005 - 7 PM
Durval Discos – (93 min)
Dir: Anna Muylaert
Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a vinyl record store they own in São Paulo. They lead a boring and unattractive life until the day Durval hires a housekeeper, Celia, to help his mother with the housekeeping. However, on her second day, Celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind, Kiki, and a note promising to be back in a couple of days. Durval and Celia are charmed by the child at first and their l but soon news on telly will change the whole situation.

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