Raízes do Brasil
Mar 19 2004
•2h 23m
•Documentary
Documentary in two parts about Brazilian writer, journalist and sociologist Sérgio Buarque de Holanda. The first part describes how the author used to pass his days with family and friends, while the second offers a historical panorama of the times, including his reaction to Nazism and the years of Vargas’ dictatorship, and the arrival of the modernist movement in Brazil.
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Chico Buarque
Self
Antônio Cândido
Self
Bebel Gilberto
Self
Carlinhos Brown
Self
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