Summary
In 1976, Gilberto Gil traveled to Lagos (Nigeria) with the purpose of participating in the Second Festival of Black Art and Culture. The event had the participation of approximately fifty thousand Afro-descendant and Diaspora artists. After the trip, Gil released the album Refavela. The documentary celebrates the 40th anniversary of this album essential album for the Brazilian Popular Music.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 79GoodWatch 71
IMDb7.9
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9698Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
2019
November 19, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryMusicLanguage
Portuguese
Original language
Made in
- Brazil
and 4 moreDirecting · 1
- Mini Kerti Director
Writing · 1
- Sérgio Mekler Screenplay
Production · 2
- Beatriz Lopes Production Director
- Julia Moraes Production Director
Camera · 1
- Flávio Zangrandi Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Moema Pombo Editor
Sound · 2
- Yan Saldanha Sound
- Pedro Sá Sound
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