A tender homage to singer Elza Soares, a symbol of the struggle of black women in Brazil since the early 1960s. In an intimate atmosphere, Elza is interviewed together with different friends, like Maria Bethânia and Paulinho da Viola, with whom she performs songs about love, religion and social inequality. Be prepared for one of the most striking voices you have ever heard.
Elza Soares
Self
A tender homage to singer Elza Soares, a symbol of the struggle of black women in Brazil since the early 1960s. In an intimate atmosphere, Elza is interviewed together with different friends, like Maria Bethânia and Paulinho da Viola, with whom she performs songs about love, religion and social inequality. Be prepared for one of the most striking voices you have ever heard.
The second "visual album" (a collection of short films) by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a piercing look at racial issues and feminist concepts through a sexualized, satirical, and solemn tone.
Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to superstardom is an undeniable story of triumph over adversity. It’s the ultimate story of survival – and an inspirational story of our times.
From a repressive childhood to artistic revolution, Ney Matogrosso transforms Brazil's stages — and himself — through music, creativity and inner fire.
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.
Nina is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amidst conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement of drug traffickers from her window, hoping to assist the police. After months of recording suspicious activities, her initiative attracts the attention of a journalist, who approaches Nina and offers to support her in her mission.
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Successful at work, Fernanda is an example of women of the third millennium, free to make their choices and independent. Yet in her personal life she finds herself struggling to find a husband. Like other women of her generation, Fernanda put her personal life on hold to devote herself to her career and now suddenly feels her love life situation has become an emergency. Being single at 39 is quite different from being single at 29, after all "the fertile egg has an expiration date"!