Beyond Ipanema: An Exploration of Brazilian Music at the SIFF
May 27th, 2010
The Seattle International Film Festival is in full swing. And with showers in the forecast all weekend, going to a movie sounds like the perfect treat. This coming Monday, aka Memorial Day – I’ll be heading on over to the SIFF Cinema to check out Beyond Ipanema. It’s an exploration on how Brazilian music has made waves across the global culture. Also what’s so great about seeing a SIFF film is that the director, Guto Barram will also be in attendance. Rainy Day, Brazilian music… I’m sure I’ll be craving a Caipirinha after!
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More from the SIFF website:
“For decades, music has been the prime cultural export of Brazil—not something that can be said about just any country. From samba and bossa nova to tropicalia and baile funk (as recently documented in SIFF 2009 film Favela On Blast), Brazilian music has made waves globally since the 1940s when Hollywood went bananas for Carmen Miranda and her fruity hat. After Miranda hit the stage, Astrud Gilberto’s breezy hit, “The Girl from Ipanema” launched a bossa nova craze that infiltrated suburban cocktail hours all over America in the 1950s. And, more recently, a renewed interest in tropicalia hit the indie rock sphere, from inspiring Beck’s album, “Mutations” to the reunion of Os Mutantes at the Pitchfork Music Festival in 2006, playing to a crowd of thousands of dancing hipsters. Beyond Ipanema features interviews with musicians like David Byrne, Caetano Veloso and M.I.A. for a thorough, stylish, and breezy exploration of Brazilian music and the waves it’s made in global culture.”
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Screenings:
SIFF Cinema
May 29, 2010 9:00 PM
May 31, 2010 1:00 PM
Kirkland Performance Center
June 4, 2010 5:00 PM
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