Brasilianas: Canções Populares in order

"Brasilianas" is a cinematographic work by Humberto Mauro. Written in photograms and combined with soundtracks, the series is made up of eight short films, which reveal a country through the lens of the Minas Gerais filmmaker. Produced between 1945 and 1964, during the Brazilian democratic period, Mauro sought the voice of his Brasiliana in popular songbooks. The images, mostly recorded in Volta Grande, Minas Gerais, reveal a rural, nostalgic, almost naive country that fights for the preservation of traditions, in the face of the threat of industrialization and modernization of the country. 8 films, 1h 6m in all, in release order.

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   Chuá-Chuá e Casinha Pequenina

   1945 · 7 min

   The popular song Chuá Chuá, illustrated with scenes of rural life. Girl observes in window. A fountain drains water. A flower. The cattle grazing. River waters. Man seen from window of wattle and daub house. Girl hangs cage with bird. Man walks towards the gate. Ducks in river drink water. The popular song A Casinha Pequenina, illustrated with scenes from rural life. Hut surrounded by banana trees and a coconut tree. Children walk hand in hand, sit on the riverbank. Birds in cages. Again the little house and the vegetation that surrounds it, especially the coconut tree.

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   Azulão and Pinhal

   1948 · 7 min

   A visual interpretation of Brazilian popular songs "Azulão" and "Pinhal".

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   Aboio e Cantigas

   Aboio e Cantigas

   1954 · 10 min

   A cowboy uses songs to tame and gather his animals.

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   Mills and Factories

   Mills and Factories

   1955 · 7 min

   A look at the now abandoned production farms, substituted by power plants.

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   Cantos de Trabalho

   Cantos de Trabalho

   1955 · 10 min

   Musical rhythms inspired by work activities. Between 1974 and 1976, Leon Hirszman held three documentaries produced by the MEC about the songs of the rural workers in northeastern Brazil. In the trilogy, there is the documentation of the work songs of sugar cane, in Feira de Santana, the growers of cocoa, in Itabuna, and team workers in Chã Preta.

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   Manhã Na Roça: O Carro de Bois

   Manhã Na Roça: O Carro de Bois

   1956 · 8 min

   A morning in the farm shown with a beautiful musical background.

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   Meus Oito Anos: Canto Escolar

   1956 · 11 min

   A cinematographic interpretation of a Casimiro de Abreu poem.

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   A Velha a Fiar

   1964 · 6 min

   A Velha a Fiar illustrates a Brazilian folk song in which a being or entity is always predating another being, but is in its turn predated by some other animal, until the circle closes. It begins like this: an old woman is quietly weaving and a fly disturbs her; a spider eats the fly; a mouse eats the spider; a cat chases the mouse and so on...

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