NORDESTE: CORDEL, REPENTE E CANÇÃO (1975)
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Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção
Documentary
December 11, 1975
Portuguese
1h 8m
Brazil
Embrafilme
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.