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Nordeste: Cordel, Repente E Canção
1975 · 1 hr 8 mins
Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.
Director: Tânia Quaresma
Cast: Cego Oliveira, Pinto do Monteiro, Caju, Castanha