Guto Barra

Next Year is a haunting drama set in the not so distant dystopian future that unfolds in a fractured America where homosexuality is illegal and surveillance reigns. The story centers on Robert, a grieving father who is navigating life after the loss of his husband and the terrifying state of the country.

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Docuseries about the shipwreck that shocked Brazil in 1988, a disaster marked by greed, negligence and impunity.

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CHASE is a queer performative portrait of the first male dancer in modern ballet history to perform as a part of a female ensemble at an international ballet company. While pursuing the dream of being a ballerina and fighting for an inclusive ballet world, he is in a constant chase to find his own voice.

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In 1992, actress and dancer Daniella Perez was murdered by her co-star, Guilherme de Pádua and his wife, Paula Thomaz, in a cruelly premeditated crime. The untimely death of the 22-year-old, daughter of Brazilian author and producer, International Emmy winner Gloria Perez, shocked the country, gained notoriety and occupied the front pages of national newspapers for years.

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BERTHA LUTZ: WOMEN AND THE U.N. CHARTER reveals the important and unknown role of a Brazilian biologist and feminist in ensuring that gender issues were addressed at the basis of the United Nations.

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This documentary focuses on The Public Theater’s 2017 Public Works musical production of As You Like It, which was performed by 200 New Yorkers of all ages and boroughs, and was named one of the Top Ten shows of 2017 by The New York Times. Co-adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery, with music and lyrics by Shaina Taub, original choreography by Sonya Tayeh, and direction by Laurie Woolery, As You Like It was set to be remounted as part of the 2020 Free Shakespeare in the Park season, but those plans were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This film tracks the creation of As You Like It and the ways this resilient community has banded together amidst the crises of 2020.

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On a small island at the mouth of the Amazon River, Dominique reminisces about her life as a trans woman: from a strict religious childhood to living with a conservative gay uncle, from moving to São Paulo to entering a life of prostitution and being a victim of police brutality.

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The series Geografia da Arte analyzes the relation between artists and the places that inspire them. Two episodes will be screened. In "Ragnar Kjartansson + Iceland", one of the most important artists of contemporary art prepares a retrospective at the Reykjavík Museum of Art, exploring his connection with the country's culture. In "Henri Cartier-Bresson + India" we discover how the photographer met Mahatma Gandhi in 1948. His camera recorded the leader’s last appearance on night before his assassination. The photographs helped catapult Cartier-Bresson to international fame as a photojournalist.

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Yves Saint Laurent had become the biggest star of French fashion in the sixties, when he opened his own haute couture house after a three year stint at Christian Dior. He and his partner Pierre Bergé were vacationing in Morocco when they both fell in love with the country's culture and people. They immediately purchased a house in Marrakesh, where Saint Laurent said he "discovered the magic of color." Over the years, he continued spending time in Marrakech and drawing inspiration from Moroccan culture for his collections. After his death in 2008, his ashes were spread at Jardin Marjorelle, a park that Saint Laurent restored and opened to the public as a gift to Morocco.

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Starting from the recovery of a Keith Haring work by his friend, artist Kenny Scharf, this documentary examines a little known period in the life and times of the artist: his sojourns in Brazil. Between 1984 and 1986, he visited many times the Serra Grande region of Bahia . There, he lived with many other artists, exchanging his busy New York City street interventions for paintings inspired by local sights and people. Talks with intimate friends, archival footage and rare drawings by Haring compose the fabric of this film, which also focus on the his activism in struggling against Aids.

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This documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl from Ipanema" to explore how samba, Brazilectro and other Brazilian music styles have long captivated audiences and influenced musicians around the world. Mixing archival footage, fresh performances and interviews with leaders in the global music scene, Barra examines why Brazil's music consistently transcends boundaries of time and musical taste.

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Artists, producers and journalists talk about the new Electro Scene that took over New York's nightlife in the early 2000's.

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Docuseries about the shipwreck that shocked Brazil in 1988, a disaster marked by greed, negligence and impunity.

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Next Year is a haunting drama set in the not so distant dystopian future that unfolds in a fractured America where homosexuality is illegal and surveillance reigns. The story centers on Robert, a grieving father who is navigating life after the loss of his husband and the terrifying state of the country.

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Pedro Andrade takes a journey around the world to explore how different situations and cultures influence the formation of a family, while sharing his personal experience of becoming a father with his husband, Ben.

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Docuseries about the shipwreck that shocked Brazil in 1988, a disaster marked by greed, negligence and impunity.

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In Brazil of the 1980s, the children’s music group Balão Mágico brought together a charming girl singer, a shy boy with an angelic voice, the heir of a famous thief, and the son of a famous Brazilian musician. Some 40 years after their heyday, former members Simony, Tob, Mike, and Jairzinho reunite to discuss the untold side of the group’s playful and colorful years in the spotlight.

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This series investigates the issues related to raising boys in various Brazilian cities. Through poignant stories of families who believe that "those born as boys need to act in a certain way" and of fathers and mothers who are trying to change this scenario, the series questions, provokes, and shakes the pillars of Brazilian society.

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