Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção

Name: Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1975
Duration: 68 min
Cast: Cego Oliveira, Pinto do Monteiro, Caju, Castanha

1975

1h 8min

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Overview

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.