Fala Mangueira! (1983)

Fala Mangueira!

1983

Music Documentary

Synopsis

A documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio de Janeiro. It follows the manufacture of the carnivals of 1981 and 1982, interviewing several residents who tell the story of more than half a century of the favela's existence and emphasizing its community importance and cultural, to the sound of the most beautiful sambas composed on Mangueira.

Credits

Director

Frederico Confalonieri

Cast

Abdias Nascimento as Self

Beth Carvalho as Self

Carlos Cachaça as Self

Cartola as Self (Burial Scene)

Clementina de Jesus as Self

Grande Otelo as Narrator

Ítala Nandi as Self

Martinho da Vila as Self