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A Night in 67
IDFA 2011

A Night in 67

Uma noite em 67
Ricardo Calil, Renato Terra
Brazil
2010
85 min
n.a.
Festival history
If you thought TV shows in which audiences and juries judge musical acts were a relatively new phenomenon, you'd better think again. In the 1970s, such "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil. They were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name star, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Gil. Appearing on such a program was no cakewalk, however: audiences could be as wild in their condemnation as in their appreciation of an artist. Like Sérgio Ricardo, for example, who in one of the many long archive segments in the film attempts to pacify a booing audience until, in an ultimate display of frustration, he ends up hurling his guitar at them - an act that disqualifies him from the competition. Extensive archive footage (including performances and behind-the-scenes interviews) from a turbulent final of the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music one evening in 1967 paints a fascinating picture, not only of the transformation of Brazilian music into real "festival" music, but also of a society starting to buck against the yoke of military rule.
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