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"The curious ones
will rejoice in my conclusions.
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For those who dismiss me, it's no use
explaining what's already been rejected."
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By Mário de Andrade
in "Paulicéia Desvairada," 1992.
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There's an old Yoruba saying that goes,
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"With the stone he threw today,
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Eshu killed a bird yesterday."
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This proverb is the best way
to sum up what I've been trying to do.
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A NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY
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Turn back home
And put up my picture on your wall
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I wish I'd battle his ass one day
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When he's got the mic
The rhyme goes only one way
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He's the shit
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I'm gonna tattoo his name on my hand
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This brother is his own brand
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When the mic's on
He's never gone
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It doesn't feel like
my first time here. I feel like I'm back.
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And that, somehow, my dreams and struggles
started long before I was here.
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But we've got some contextualizing to do
before it all makes sense.
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A picture of contemporary
Black thinking in Brazil.
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That is what you'll be watching as of now.
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{\an8}One. Brazil was the last country
in the Americas to end slavery.
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MAY 13TH ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
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I DECLARE EXTINCT SLAVERY IN BRAZIL
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Two. The city of São Paulo got its wealth
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mainly from
the mid-19th century coffee boom,
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and its production was slave-fueled.
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Three. The end of slavery
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left millions of Black persons
to fend for themselves.
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It was followed by "whitening" policies
that encouraged immigration from Europe,
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demonized African and Native cultures,
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and sought to completely purge
not only the memory of slavery,
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but each and every contribution
made by non-white people
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to this country's development.
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From the beginning, imperial authorities
tried to "whiten" Black blood,
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in an effort to neutralize their culture
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and keep them from ascending
to important positions.
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Four. The rise of São Paulo
to the metropolis we know today
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as the "land of opportunity"…
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This is São Paulo,
the capital of hard work,
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the giant made of reinforced concrete
that grows bigger by the day.
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…is marked by
a violent process of gentrification.
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Many areas ended up mischaracterized,
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mainly the central ones,
which are traditionally Black.
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Gala at the City Opera House!
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Most of the Black population
got pushed to the outskirts.
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Five. Poor people
from other Brazilian regions
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came to the "land of opportunity"
to try their luck,
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having the outskirts as their home, too.
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Cosmopolitan and multicultural,
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that is how the outskirts
of São Paulo were born.
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Six. In the 1970s,
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the hip-hop culture
is named in the United States,
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but impacts the entire planet.
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{\an8}Through rap music,
break dance and graffiti,
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young people from the city's outskirts
found a means for expression.
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Their meeting point
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is an area easily reached
by all of them, the historic city center,
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more specifically
the São Bento subway station.
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Seven. Their music spreads
across other outskirts in Brazil,
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turning into a solid movement
that creates awareness
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on racism and social inequality.
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As dismissive
as the recording industry was,
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{\an8}it sold millions of copies
and became the first far-reaching means
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{\an8}of connecting the working class
to Black Brazilian intellectuals.
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It's been linked to every working-class
accomplishment since then.
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White people cannot understand
the flamboyant outfits,
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with the caps and bright colors.
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Eight. Although rap music
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might be widely understood
as a platform for complaint,
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it's been much more than that.
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Everybody wants to groove to that sound.
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{\an8}In search of its essence,
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{\an8}rap music enters the amazing universe
of the Brazilian popular music,
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especially samba.
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The encounter is so powerful
that both worlds are forever changed.
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The message couldn't be any clearer.
We can go even further.
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Nine. Despite structural racism in Brazil,
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the new culture emancipates
youngsters across the country.
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Economically, too.
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The digital environment
allows independent artists
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to accomplish not only rare feats,
but unprecedented ones, too.
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{\an8}-The street…
-Is us!
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{\an8}The street is us!
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Ten. Getting ahead in life
is much more than making money.
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Fame is not the only thing
these kids aspire to.
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They want to rewrite
our country's history.
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One more thing.
You see, my mom calls me Leandro.
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But everyone else knows me as Emicida.
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I'm one of those kids.
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CITY OPERA HOUSE
NOVEMBER, 2019
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We're about to go on stage.
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Fifty years from now,
we're gonna look back and think
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that this night changed the lives of many.
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This is our way of saying
to people like us that they belong here.
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FOR RACIAL EQUALITY
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We absolutely have to be present
in this space, this environment,
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and all other spaces we've been kept from
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throughout the history
of our country. You know?
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The next generation of judges, doctors,
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lawyers, and also the next presidents,
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are sitting in there right now.
Let's restore their right to dream.
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Okay?
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Thank you so much.
This is what AmarElo is all about, y'all.
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We're in this together. Peace!
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Today I can consider myself a lucky guy
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Besides being very young
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I feel safe and strong
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And I've been thinking
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God is Brazilian
And walks next to me
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I can't keep suffering
For what has happened
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Enough bleeding, enough crying
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Last year I died
Not this year, though
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Enough bleeding, enough crying
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Last year I died
Not this year, though
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Last year I died
Not this year, though
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Last year I died
Not this year, though
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My dreams fly higher than drones
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What fuels me? Hunger
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To wreck everything like a cyclone
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Tomorrow cannot be the same old yesterday
With a new name
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The vulture preys on us eager for a fall
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When sorrow is gone
I'm so much more than this shit
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Body, mind, soul, Ayurveda-style
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Like water, I can flow through rocks
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I'm the playwright in this plot
Every drama is hidden
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Urging you to step out of mud
While flaming the world
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No melodrama, I'm after money
God's plan in sight
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Capulanas, katanas, nirvana is the goal
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Though it's a rigged game for us
Losing is not an option, right?
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From where the wind takes a turn
Real talk sprouts
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Ain't gonna leave it alone
Nor let it slide
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For we're about to baffle
Those who laughed when we were down
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My grandma's
never set foot there. She's 80.
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Wednesday is gonna be her first time.
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Will you play a song for me?
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-Is the camera really on?
-Yep!
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That's what's dope about this.
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My mom, my aunts,
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my daughters, both of them,
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are gonna be there
and see it in a different light, you know?
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Many of the boys and girls
who will be there on Wednesday,
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they've never been
to the City Opera House.
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That's why the venue matters,
having a majestic venue matters.
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This is big and it's here, you know?
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It's not something new.
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We need to mark this occasion.
I want them to leave thinking,
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"I won't let this get lost
in the digital world."
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He's made the sun rise!
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He's back!
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The lunch lady gets off
The bus leaves
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Miss Maria is far gone
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Only then the sun rises
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Spiders weaving their webs
During the night, in darkness
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Breathless lovers in the grasp of Morpheus
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And the sun, it only comes out later
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The sun only comes out later
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It's the king star, I know
Still, it only comes out later
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The sun only comes out later…
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I'll give you a literal example
of the natural order of things.
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The sun rising on Sezefredo Avenue
and setting on Fontalis.
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You feel me?
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Because Sezefredo Avenue stands higher.
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Watching from the hill,
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you can no longer see
the shape of the houses at night.
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There are only the stars in the sky
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and the lights coming
from every house in the hood.
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{\an8}The lunch lady gets off
The bus leaves
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{\an8}SINGER
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{\an8}Miss Maria is far gone
Only then the sun rises
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{\an8}Spiders weaving their webs
During the night, in darkness
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Breathless lovers in the grasp of Morpheus
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And the sun, it only comes out later
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The sun only comes out later
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It's the king star, I know
Still, it only comes out later
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The sun only comes out later…
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{\an8}MUSICIAN
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{\an8}Is it going to be a single?
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I don't really believe in singles.
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You do what you gotta do. You're right.
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The better the song,
the less it plays on the radio.
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Word.
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I'm gonna do what I feel like doing,
then it's up to them.
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I like to…
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Zeca! Zeca!
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{\an8}Hurry! Come on!
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{\an8}FILM - BLACK ORPHEUS
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{\an8}-Here, play for the sun to rise!
-I can't!
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-Of course you can!
-I shouldn't!
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None of that! Just play!
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He's made the sun rise!
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Wow! Just like in the movie.
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And now you are the movie.
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The album is structured around a dream.
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You know what I mean?
This guy goes to sleep,
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and in his dream,
everybody is helping each other.
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It's a beautiful dream
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where people understand
and support each other.
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That's his dream.
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"Principia" is that dream…
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Literally.
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That's why the beginning
feels ethereal, wavering, even.
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OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF THE BLACK PEOPLE
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It starts out smooth.
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You can hear those old ladies
from old-school neighborhoods, singing…
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It takes you back
to your childhood, you know.
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Like a bedtime song by your mom.
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He's dreaming of this time
when he felt cared for and understood.
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He starts connecting
with plants like rue, and with religion,
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things that will help him have faith
when the world is telling him not to.
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All we got is each other,
and we gotta fight for it.
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All we have is
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All, all, all
All we've got is each other
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All, all, all
All we have is…
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You feel me? That's what I'm saying.
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We only have each other.
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If we let go of each other, we're screwed.
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All, all, all
All we've got is each other
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All, all, all
All we have is…
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{\an8}Can't remember the other chorus!
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{\an8}MARISSOL MWABA, INDY NAÍSE
AND NINA OLIVEIRA - SINGERS
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{\an8}All, all, all
All we've got is each other
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{\an8}All, all, all
All we have is…
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{\an8}The Catholic church bell would
wake us up very early…
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{\an8}SINGER
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{\an8}…which is a paradigm shift,
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since the Catholic church
condemned Candomblé.
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It was a beautiful message
about how we're here to live in unison,
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not disconnected from one another.
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Nature has its own rules,
but morality is a human thing.
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And humans use morality
to drive each other away.
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I meant
for the whole album to have this vibe
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of making us feel like one again.
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{\an8}To bring us together
based on what we have in common.
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{\an8}So that's the first track.
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{\an8}Towards the end, a pastor friend
says these beautiful things.
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{\an8}Really? That's awesome.
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What does it mean when Jesus says
we should renounce ourselves?
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{\an8}He's actually
talking about our inflated egos,
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{\an8}the egos produced by our society.
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{\an8}Empowered by false pretenses
and deeply lonely.
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Hello, my friend.
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-You good?
-Yeah.
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It's as old as eternity
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Love is spirituality
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Latent, potent, black, poetry
248
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A shoulder in the quiet night
249
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A cozy lap to start the day
250
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Son, hug your mother…
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I started working
on this song four years ago.
252
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I'm tearing up a bit, bro.
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Damn.
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Yeah, it could be
If it weren't for love…
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The first time I was in Africa…
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my friend Chapa took me
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to the
National Museum of Slavery in Angola.
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There, I found a basin…
259
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and the text on the wall read,
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"This was the basin
used to christen Black people."
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"And because
of a twisted Christian notion,
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they were led to believe
they had no soul."
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I looked over at my pal
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and realized what my mission was.
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Every time I grab my pen or mic,
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I wanna be able to return
to each of my brothers and sisters
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the soul they thought they didn't have.
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With the sweet scent of rue
I think about Buddha, calm
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I'm very tense, so I seek help
Sometimes I think about a psalm
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Clear my vision of all illusions
Like an ophthalmologist
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And I, the one who sees beyond
For myself, for you, ubuntu, a balm
272
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If I need to put my faith in something
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Gonna rely on what I can see
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Summarizing this world, small, little
Mundane, dirty, hell, and poison
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Cold, winter, night drizzle
Repression and regression
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Being calm is a luxury
Life stresses us out
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I try to read souls beyond pressure
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Nations falling into those Barabbas hands
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Where the miracle lies
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This only proves the urgency of books
In the face of the wreck caused by a saber
281
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In deep greedy debts
Ignoring the meaning of blessings
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In a time
Where the only thing running free
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Is our tears
284
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I came back to kill, like a heart attack
After a resurrection, like a childbirth
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I rebuild myself, fed up, I put away
Just an ordinary man, rooted in reality
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If I receive a blessing, I share
I break into cells, living rooms, bedrooms
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I traveled the world, and now I'm sure
That everyone is one
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All, all, all
All we have is each other
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All, all, all
All we have is
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All, all, all
All we have is each other
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All, all, all
All we have is
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ACT 1
PLANTING
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Nothing can teach you
about time like soil can, bro.
294
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And this is no hippie talk.
295
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When you plant a seed,
296
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you gotta water it
and wait around 15 days for it to sprout.
297
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Once it's there,
you gotta take care of it, you know?
298
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You gotta watch out for pests
and venomous animals.
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It's crazy how you find yourself
having to deal with spiders and snakes,
300
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and how you come to understand
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that they won't
bite you out of spite, you know?
302
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The last thing they wanna do is bite you.
303
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Spiders won't bite you
because they feel like doing it.
304
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They do it because they get scared.
305
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And fear will push you to do things
you don't wanna do, you know?
306
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While I worked on my album,
having a garden taught me so much.
307
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I was being interviewed before the concert
308
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and the dude asked me,
"Why the City Opera House?"
309
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"Because there's not a single beam,
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there's no bridge,
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there's no street,
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there's no important building
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that hasn't been touched
by the hands of Black workers."
314
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When I said that, I was thinking
of manpower, bricks, cement and so on.
315
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But this is only half of the story.
316
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To get the full story, we gotta
rewind the tape and time travel, really.
317
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And the best time machine for this journey
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is an old samba-enredo
by Geraldo Filme about Tebas.
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While doing some research on him,
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you quickly realize why he got his name
from Thebes, a hood in Egypt
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from back in the days of the Pharaohs.
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Not only did Tebas
lay bricks with his Black hands,
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but he was also a crucial part
in the stylistic re-do
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that São Paulo went through
in the 18th century.
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He built the steeples for the Carmo Church
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and the old São Paulo See Cathedral.
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TEBAS, FIRST BLACK MAN
TURNED ARCHITECT IN SAO PAULO
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He built the Fountain of Mercy.
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{\an8}All those panels at the See Square
are credited to the artists.
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{\an8}SINGER AND COMPOSER
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{\an8}Neither the See Cathedral
nor the Fountain of Mercy
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are credited to Tebas.
333
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But we know he made them.
334
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He's also the artist behind
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the foundation stone
in St. Benedict's Monastery.
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The area around the monastery
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{\an8}served as a foundation stone
for our hip-hop, and that's crazy.
338
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{\an8}Whether building or designing,
339
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{\an8}the people who have always fought
340
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{\an8}so that art and beauty could
bring life to our city's cold concrete
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{\an8}were ourselves.
342
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{\an8}We, we, we
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{\an8}We, we, we…
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We're free here
345
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Sweet-ass sneakers
346
00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:48,247
Some sweet-ass bling
347
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The whole thing flashes
348
00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:51,583
It bothers their asses
349
00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:54,795
Black people gathered around
Are the GPS of what's dope
350
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If the ghetto's awake
The rest can go to hell
351
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Sweet-ass sneakers
352
00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:01,510
Some sweet-ass bling
353
00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:03,178
The whole thing flashes
354
00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,513
It bothers their asses
355
00:21:05,222 --> 00:21:08,100
Black people gathered around
Are the GPS of what's dope
356
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If we're here at the City Opera
The rest can go to hell!
357
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Love
Free, free, free
358
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Love, free
359
00:21:16,483 --> 00:21:18,068
We're free here
360
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I like to rewind the history tape
100 years back
361
00:21:22,364 --> 00:21:27,035
and think about how the year of 1922
turned shit upside down.
362
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As we celebrated
the centennial of our independence,
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people from different origins
born in Brazil
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reclaimed their right to dream
and to transform this place,
365
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ignoring the ghost of colonialism
that still haunted it.
366
00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:46,221
For example,
a cultural movement of African roots,
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a modern and original one,
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is the precursor
of what we now call brasilidade.
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It went straight from the favelas
to the heart of the artistic avant-garde.
370
00:21:56,064 --> 00:21:57,357
I'm talking about samba,
371
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which was widely
persecuted here in Brazil.
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Despite the strong disapproval
showed by the local bourgeoisie,
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Pixinguinha and Donga introduced it
to the modern city of Paris.
374
00:22:08,744 --> 00:22:11,997
And that's how Oito Batutas made history.
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{\an8}We're the Batutas, Batutas, Batutas
376
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{\an8}CONDUCTOR
377
00:22:14,958 --> 00:22:17,711
{\an8}We come from Brazil
All is well here
378
00:22:17,794 --> 00:22:20,339
We're the Batutas, Batutas, Batutas
379
00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:22,841
We get everyone to dance samba
380
00:22:28,305 --> 00:22:29,431
You know what's crazy?
381
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The same year samba conquered the world,
382
00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:33,518
a seismic shift occurred in our art
383
00:22:33,602 --> 00:22:36,855
and its epicenter was precisely the stage
where I'm about to perform.
384
00:22:38,398 --> 00:22:40,776
{\an8}The Modern Art Week of 1922.
385
00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:43,779
{\an8}The notion of art around here
was forever shaken.
386
00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:47,949
{\an8}Sambistas, who are undeniably
modern, and modernists,
387
00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:53,038
who, without realizing it,
wanted more samba in our art,
388
00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:55,123
both broke with traditional ideas
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00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:57,918
in a way that
still echoes today and beyond.
390
00:22:58,001 --> 00:23:02,881
Although they were mainly an elite
group of white men, but not limited to it,
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modernists reclaimed Brazilian art
with Brazilian colors,
392
00:23:06,176 --> 00:23:08,970
and the Modern Art Week
was only the beginning.
393
00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:11,181
Green and yellow were not forgotten,
394
00:23:11,264 --> 00:23:15,018
immortalized in the painting
The Yellow Man,
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00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:16,520
by Anita Malfatti.
396
00:23:16,603 --> 00:23:20,899
As for the sambistas,
mostly poor men and women,
397
00:23:20,982 --> 00:23:22,859
almost all of them Black or biracial,
398
00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:26,863
they stood for what Machado de Assis
would have called "the real Brazil."
399
00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:29,783
Both movements
took a leap of faith with their art.
400
00:23:29,866 --> 00:23:32,160
They were saying, "We're all we got."
401
00:23:33,870 --> 00:23:37,082
I leave my tambourine to my friends
402
00:23:37,165 --> 00:23:39,918
{\an8}They asked me
if I'd ever met Mário de Andrade.
403
00:23:40,001 --> 00:23:41,294
{\an8}I had the honor…
404
00:23:41,378 --> 00:23:42,379
{\an8}SINGER
405
00:23:43,380 --> 00:23:45,382
…to have been his friend…
406
00:23:46,216 --> 00:23:50,971
and to have him quote me.
407
00:23:51,555 --> 00:23:57,060
You'd pay no attention to mine
408
00:23:57,811 --> 00:24:01,815
To me, you no longer have value
409
00:24:01,898 --> 00:24:04,109
Deixa Falar was the name
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00:24:04,192 --> 00:24:07,612
given by Ismael Silva,
Bide, Brancura and others
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00:24:07,696 --> 00:24:10,615
to what would become
the basis for samba schools.
412
00:24:12,033 --> 00:24:15,162
Why the name "samba school"?
413
00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:20,709
In this neighborhood,
we had a normal school…
414
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,379
where you could become a teacher.
415
00:24:24,462 --> 00:24:29,050
So the neighborhood Estácio de Sá
416
00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:31,469
spread the word
417
00:24:31,553 --> 00:24:34,181
that the neighborhood itself
was a samba school.
418
00:24:34,264 --> 00:24:35,765
Estácio de Sá was a samba school.
419
00:24:42,814 --> 00:24:47,027
Bide created the surdo drum,
and making it the heart of the percussion,
420
00:24:47,110 --> 00:24:49,988
as well as the tamborim.
421
00:24:50,071 --> 00:24:51,448
{\an8}SINGER
422
00:24:51,531 --> 00:24:54,576
{\an8}We're not sure who invented the tamborim,
Bide or Ismael Silva.
423
00:24:54,659 --> 00:24:58,121
{\an8}But old-school folks say it was Bide.
424
00:24:59,956 --> 00:25:02,250
He built a surdo drum
using a butter can…
425
00:25:03,293 --> 00:25:04,628
and paper from a cement bag.
426
00:25:05,587 --> 00:25:09,049
He took the cement bag,
then wet the paper,
427
00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:12,719
put it over that 20-kilo butter can,
428
00:25:12,802 --> 00:25:14,221
fastened it with wire,
429
00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:18,058
finished wetting the paper,
warmed it up a bit with fire,
430
00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:21,144
just to improve the sound.
431
00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:23,104
Then he went down to Estácio Square.
432
00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:25,732
Bide went down there with Deixa Falar,
433
00:25:25,815 --> 00:25:27,984
and he's credited
with inventing the surdo.
434
00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:31,655
They called on me
435
00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:34,616
Here I am, what's going on?
436
00:25:35,450 --> 00:25:37,827
They called on me
437
00:25:37,911 --> 00:25:40,205
Here I am, what's going on?
438
00:25:40,288 --> 00:25:43,416
I came from there
439
00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:46,294
When I was little
440
00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,838
I came from there
When I was little…
441
00:25:48,922 --> 00:25:49,965
{\an8}SINGER
442
00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:52,467
{\an8}-I'm all about samba, bro!
-You can say that again!
443
00:25:52,550 --> 00:25:56,471
{\an8}-You can say that again.
-Let's try it one more time.
444
00:25:56,596 --> 00:25:58,723
We only trust samba folks.
445
00:25:58,807 --> 00:26:01,935
-Only samba people can be trusted.
-And is the only one trustable.
446
00:26:02,018 --> 00:26:03,728
Samba is Brazil at its finest.
447
00:26:03,812 --> 00:26:07,023
And there's no way our country can win
448
00:26:07,565 --> 00:26:08,858
if it moves away from samba.
449
00:26:08,942 --> 00:26:10,318
I am samba…
450
00:26:12,028 --> 00:26:15,448
{\an8}Our band, Os Sete Modernos do Samba,
performed in Mexico.
451
00:26:17,033 --> 00:26:21,496
{\an8}It was also known in Spanish
as Los Siete Diablos de la Batucada.
452
00:26:22,372 --> 00:26:25,417
{\an8}I am samba…
453
00:26:26,501 --> 00:26:31,006
{\an8}I'm a Rio de Janeiro native…
454
00:26:31,089 --> 00:26:35,552
{\an8}I'm the one who spreads joy
To millions of hearts…
455
00:26:35,635 --> 00:26:38,346
From Jovelina Pérola Negra
to Jackson do Pandeiro,
456
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:39,723
including Wilson Batista,
457
00:26:39,806 --> 00:26:41,641
and last but not least Jair Rodrigues,
458
00:26:41,725 --> 00:26:43,101
besides many other samba greats,
459
00:26:43,184 --> 00:26:46,646
Hip-hop was already there
long before we existed.
460
00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:50,984
This bittersweet fruit we call rap
461
00:26:51,067 --> 00:26:53,737
grew from a big tree.
462
00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:56,072
If you examine its roots closely,
463
00:26:56,156 --> 00:26:57,699
you'll find samba there.
464
00:27:03,246 --> 00:27:05,332
I am samba…
465
00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:07,542
Samba really is out of this world.
466
00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:11,171
It can reach places
no other living being's been to.
467
00:27:11,254 --> 00:27:13,965
For example, in 1997,
468
00:27:14,049 --> 00:27:16,926
the samba song
"Ô Coisinha Tão Bonitinha do Pai"
469
00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:20,847
was chosen to wake up the Sojourner Rover
in its space mission.
470
00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,601
Before any other cosmonaut,
471
00:27:24,684 --> 00:27:26,353
our samba touched Martian ground.
472
00:27:26,436 --> 00:27:29,189
Aren't you Daddy's little cutie pie?
473
00:27:29,272 --> 00:27:33,485
{\an8}Aren't you Daddy's little cutie pie?
474
00:27:33,568 --> 00:27:36,988
Sambistas have always been
avant-garde, true trailblazers.
475
00:27:37,072 --> 00:27:41,659
With all their weight,
they could still bring on a light touch.
476
00:27:41,743 --> 00:27:44,746
An example
is Johnny Alf's piano and voice.
477
00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:47,248
{\an8}You know very well
I'm a good fellow…
478
00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:50,126
{\an8}Dubbed "GeniAlf" by Tom Jobim
479
00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:53,755
and regarded as the true father
of bossa nova by many,
480
00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:58,301
he ended up an influence on musicians
such as Elis Regina and Wilson Simonal.
481
00:28:02,931 --> 00:28:04,974
Pinky.
482
00:28:06,393 --> 00:28:09,521
Now I'm thinking of it as a movie, Nave.
483
00:28:10,438 --> 00:28:12,273
{\an8}The way the album is put together,
484
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,484
-it tells a story.
-Right.
485
00:28:14,567 --> 00:28:18,488
It just hit me that
"Principia" is about the brother's dream.
486
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,241
-You know?
-Damn…
487
00:28:21,324 --> 00:28:24,744
Damien's song is, when he wakes up,
"A Ordem Natural das Coisas,"
488
00:28:24,828 --> 00:28:26,871
which is like a "good morning."
489
00:28:26,955 --> 00:28:29,707
He sets out early morning for work.
490
00:28:29,791 --> 00:28:33,211
Suddenly,
as this brother's leaving for work,
491
00:28:33,294 --> 00:28:36,798
his wife runs to the gate to say goodbye.
"Pequenas Alegrias da Vida Adulta."
492
00:28:38,091 --> 00:28:39,551
For real, bro?
493
00:28:40,468 --> 00:28:43,346
We have to be careful
While on the trapeze
494
00:28:43,430 --> 00:28:46,391
Even if modern times' desperation
Weighs on us
495
00:28:46,474 --> 00:28:49,477
If a "like" is a call-out to hate, man
In this case
496
00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:51,938
The message of common sense is simple
497
00:28:57,736 --> 00:29:02,073
{\an8}COMPOSER
498
00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:05,368
{\an8}If we stick together, we'll be fine.
We'll outnumber them.
499
00:29:05,452 --> 00:29:06,870
We just have to stick together.
500
00:29:06,953 --> 00:29:09,539
"Pequenas Alegrias da Vida Adulta"
has a little secret to it,
501
00:29:09,622 --> 00:29:13,126
and my man Oga Mendonça
was the first person to uncover it.
502
00:29:13,209 --> 00:29:16,546
He grinned and said,
"This song could use a sauce
503
00:29:16,629 --> 00:29:19,299
that rap doesn't
enjoy enough, samba-rock."
504
00:29:23,845 --> 00:29:26,973
The birthplace of this type of samba
is a tiny piece of Africa
505
00:29:27,056 --> 00:29:31,352
in the wacky-ass city of São Paulo,
better known as North Side.
506
00:29:31,895 --> 00:29:34,647
Am I being provincial? Hell no.
507
00:29:34,731 --> 00:29:38,860
This was where the first recording
bringing samba and rap together
508
00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:42,572
was officially born,
with The Brothers Rap.
509
00:29:42,655 --> 00:29:44,991
Da Cor do Pagode made the introductions
510
00:29:45,074 --> 00:29:47,368
Pumping up this rap of the next generation
511
00:29:47,452 --> 00:29:49,954
'Cause I wrote this rap
That's kind of weird
512
00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:53,875
With a beating tambourine
And a cavaquinho's chords
513
00:29:53,958 --> 00:29:57,754
Throughout the years,
other artists tried the sauce,
514
00:29:57,837 --> 00:30:00,089
like Athaliba e a Firma, Rappin Hood,
515
00:30:00,173 --> 00:30:03,718
Marcelo D2, Quinto Andar,
and Racionais MC's, among others.
516
00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:06,346
They gradually thinned out
the Americanness in it,
517
00:30:06,429 --> 00:30:10,308
{\an8}proving that it's impossible
to appreciate the Brazilian melting pot
518
00:30:10,391 --> 00:30:13,061
{\an8}without being influenced
by the local spirit.
519
00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:17,106
{\an8}Ambitious as I am,
I say we climb up a step.
520
00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:19,818
{\an8}As this whole movement matures,
521
00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:22,111
{\an8}we're asked to move past
the blend of styles
522
00:30:22,195 --> 00:30:24,864
to make way for a new genre,
523
00:30:24,948 --> 00:30:27,158
{\an8}a new artistic language,
524
00:30:27,242 --> 00:30:30,537
{\an8}something I've been calling
"neo-samba" in AmarElo.
525
00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:32,539
"Alvorada no Morro" by Cartola,
526
00:30:32,622 --> 00:30:34,207
"Sonho Meu" by Dona Ivone Lara,
527
00:30:34,290 --> 00:30:36,709
"Bandeira da Fé"
by Luiz Carlos da Vila,
528
00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:40,171
or even the famous "Trem das Onze"
by our beloved Adoniran Barbosa,
529
00:30:40,255 --> 00:30:44,300
paint spot-on pictures,
working as reliable historical documents,
530
00:30:44,384 --> 00:30:48,054
as hard-hitting as those songs
by rappers to come,
531
00:30:48,137 --> 00:30:49,848
but in a different context.
532
00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:51,808
That's why
there will always be partideiros.
533
00:30:51,891 --> 00:30:53,768
And the verses, even offhand ones,
534
00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,437
shall reflect the truth
in each individual's soul.
535
00:30:57,063 --> 00:30:59,357
You know what I find
so beautiful about sambistas?
536
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,193
They never forget
the little joys of adulthood.
537
00:31:03,152 --> 00:31:06,990
I will…
Face everything for her
538
00:31:07,073 --> 00:31:08,950
Face all battles
539
00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:11,995
For the little joys of adulthood
540
00:31:12,078 --> 00:31:14,289
I will…
541
00:31:14,914 --> 00:31:17,834
I will…
Be on the front like a warrior
542
00:31:17,917 --> 00:31:20,712
Even if I have to take on
The entire planet
543
00:31:20,795 --> 00:31:23,506
Or run a marathon and win
544
00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:26,134
Shout out, "This is for you, babe!"
545
00:31:26,759 --> 00:31:30,471
I will…
Face everything for her
546
00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,098
Face all battles
547
00:31:32,181 --> 00:31:35,476
For the little joys of adulthood
548
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,271
I will…
549
00:31:38,354 --> 00:31:41,107
I will…
Be on the front like a warrior
550
00:31:41,190 --> 00:31:44,444
Even if I have to take on
The entire planet
551
00:31:44,527 --> 00:31:46,905
Or run a marathon and win
552
00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:49,449
Shout out, "This is for you, babe!"
553
00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:04,797
-I like that.
-Me, too.
554
00:32:07,550 --> 00:32:08,843
-Well…
-Beautiful!
555
00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:11,179
-Beautiful!
-That was a no-brainer.
556
00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:14,307
-Good one.
-It's got a lot of swing to it.
557
00:32:14,390 --> 00:32:16,017
-Cool, right?
-Damn good.
558
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,102
-Really good.
-Bro, press Ctrl+S
559
00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:20,104
and save this shit, for God's sake.
560
00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:22,315
Can you imagine all of it gone?
561
00:32:22,398 --> 00:32:25,276
-Shall we?
-One, two, three…
562
00:32:26,235 --> 00:32:27,236
Go!
563
00:32:30,657 --> 00:32:33,993
Play the rattle like you mean it.
564
00:32:35,703 --> 00:32:36,746
Got it?
565
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:41,501
{\an8}PESSIMISM PROHIBITED
566
00:32:41,584 --> 00:32:44,504
{\an8}Sometimes I feel like a photographer,
but not an ordinary one.
567
00:32:44,587 --> 00:32:47,715
I feel like the brother
from Manoel de Barros's poem,
568
00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:50,677
who describes himself
as a "photographer of the invisible."
569
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:54,472
To me, writing is like
being blessed with time-traveling.
570
00:32:54,555 --> 00:32:56,224
I can be right here, right now,
571
00:32:56,307 --> 00:32:59,936
but I can also visit
the past and the future
572
00:33:00,019 --> 00:33:02,689
and share its feelings.
573
00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:07,485
I learned that from watching
my mom work the soil.
574
00:33:07,568 --> 00:33:12,031
After I read about what it meant
for Mandela to have a garden in prison,
575
00:33:12,115 --> 00:33:15,284
I was moved by the realization
that so many wonderful thoughts
576
00:33:15,368 --> 00:33:17,745
could be enclosed in a seed.
577
00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:20,123
It was my mom Jacira and Nelson Mandela
578
00:33:20,206 --> 00:33:24,502
who taught me to respect time
and connect to the cycle of life.
579
00:33:24,585 --> 00:33:26,546
This intensive exercise I did for years
580
00:33:26,629 --> 00:33:28,840
made me feel whole as a human being.
581
00:33:28,923 --> 00:33:32,343
Nothing in the world
Could be more beautiful
582
00:33:32,427 --> 00:33:34,512
From the bottom of my heart
583
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:41,227
From the deepest corner of my core
584
00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:47,150
To this wrecked world
585
00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:53,865
My writing is like a love letter
586
00:33:57,952 --> 00:33:59,996
Kids, laughs, windows
587
00:34:00,830 --> 00:34:03,291
Flirts, braids, yellow cotton
588
00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:06,961
The red shades of roof tiles
The crackle of the spark
589
00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:10,006
Makes you feel inside a painting
590
00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:13,217
Hope paints itself in watercolor
591
00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:16,137
The white noise of the radio
TVs and soap operas
592
00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:19,265
A trail of bees
The murmur of sheep
593
00:34:19,348 --> 00:34:22,268
In your ears
And life goes along
594
00:34:22,852 --> 00:34:25,813
On the paving stone
Intrepid worker
595
00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:29,025
Impetuous driver
Where it all starts
596
00:34:29,108 --> 00:34:32,278
The wind calms the speed down
For every eclectic new sound
597
00:34:32,361 --> 00:34:35,531
Record players spin the classics
Beautiful absurd
598
00:34:35,615 --> 00:34:36,783
Suffocating metropolis
599
00:34:36,866 --> 00:34:39,160
They are necropolises
That never touch one another
600
00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:41,537
So they collide with someone's dream
601
00:34:41,621 --> 00:34:43,372
Sunday killers
602
00:34:43,456 --> 00:34:45,041
Pausing every beautiful thing
603
00:34:45,124 --> 00:34:48,127
Everyone who feels the same
Is also my friend
604
00:34:48,211 --> 00:34:51,047
This one comes
From the bottom of my heart
605
00:34:55,009 --> 00:34:58,679
From the deepest corner of my core
606
00:35:01,974 --> 00:35:03,893
To this wrecked world
607
00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:10,858
My writing is like a love letter
608
00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:16,781
From the bottom of my heart
609
00:35:17,615 --> 00:35:20,284
This one comes
From the bottom of my heart
610
00:35:20,368 --> 00:35:23,996
From the deepest corner of my core
611
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:29,669
To this wrecked world…
612
00:35:38,594 --> 00:35:41,264
I've always hung out
at second-hand record stores.
613
00:35:41,347 --> 00:35:45,143
I'd look for records for hours on end
with the little money I had.
614
00:35:45,226 --> 00:35:46,477
There was no room for mistakes.
615
00:35:46,561 --> 00:35:49,063
I'd read the spec sheets
on the back of the records
616
00:35:49,147 --> 00:35:54,235
{\an8}until I came up with a simple
but effective methodology.
617
00:35:54,318 --> 00:35:58,281
If a certain name was on it,
I could buy the record without a worry.
618
00:35:58,364 --> 00:36:03,953
His name became a seal of approval.
He was my guardian angel of good music.
619
00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:07,623
So I started collecting records
by this great musician.
620
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:13,880
{\an8}One day, I went to see my bros
play at the Brasilintime festival,
621
00:36:13,963 --> 00:36:17,133
where rap DJs
and big-time drummers played together.
622
00:36:17,216 --> 00:36:18,593
Only the bad boys.
623
00:36:18,676 --> 00:36:19,844
Ladies and gentlemen…
624
00:36:21,721 --> 00:36:24,807
it is my pleasure, my honor…
625
00:36:25,641 --> 00:36:28,144
and a dream of mine to introduce to you
626
00:36:28,227 --> 00:36:31,147
one of the best drummers
in Brazilian history.
627
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,525
Wilson das Neves!
628
00:36:34,609 --> 00:36:37,111
{\an8}DRUMMER AND COMPOSER
629
00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:40,948
{\an8}I was watching from up top
and couldn't look at anyone else.
630
00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:43,367
All I could see
was that baldy bringing it home,
631
00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:45,578
looking sharp as he played his drums.
632
00:36:49,123 --> 00:36:51,918
Years later, I was invited to a project
633
00:36:52,001 --> 00:36:55,213
where I could choose
any artist to record with.
634
00:36:55,755 --> 00:36:57,673
I had my mind made up.
635
00:36:57,757 --> 00:37:00,843
I immediately remembered
the name on the record covers.
636
00:37:03,596 --> 00:37:05,598
But what could I possibly offer someone
637
00:37:05,681 --> 00:37:08,476
{\an8}who had already recorded
with the titans of Brazilian music?
638
00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:12,980
{\an8}I had to cheat.
I wrote a song made entirely of phrases
639
00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:16,901
from songs he had
recorded in the past. A tribute, truly.
640
00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:22,323
That's how I came face to face
with the monster in the flesh.
641
00:37:23,366 --> 00:37:26,118
And we never parted ways.
642
00:37:26,702 --> 00:37:28,371
Lucky me!
643
00:37:28,454 --> 00:37:32,792
So thank you, Mr. Wilson
For your sacred music
644
00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:42,969
Leninha wanted me to listen to the song.
645
00:37:43,052 --> 00:37:45,972
{\an8}I told her I only listen
to the songs when I record them!
646
00:37:46,055 --> 00:37:47,223
{\an8}SINGER
647
00:37:47,306 --> 00:37:48,724
{\an8}I'll forget by the next day.
648
00:37:48,808 --> 00:37:51,519
{\an8}-Can't remember what I ate yesterday.
-Remember Wilson das Neves?
649
00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:53,354
My buddy Wilson, sure.
650
00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:57,525
We'd been traveling around
and working together--
651
00:37:57,608 --> 00:37:59,485
-He wrote the melody?
-Yeah.
652
00:37:59,568 --> 00:38:02,029
-Holy fuck!
-We used a sample of his.
653
00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:04,782
-I think I should listen to it, then.
-Don't worry.
654
00:38:04,865 --> 00:38:06,659
I should've listened to it.
655
00:38:06,742 --> 00:38:13,165
For a long time we fought
to prevail as a relevant art form.
656
00:38:13,249 --> 00:38:15,793
We've built that over the past years,
657
00:38:15,876 --> 00:38:18,921
like the last ten years, feel me?
658
00:38:19,005 --> 00:38:22,258
Now for the last decade,
even a little before that,
659
00:38:22,883 --> 00:38:24,969
we've had nothing to prove to anyone.
660
00:38:25,636 --> 00:38:30,349
But surely, our art
is in constant evolution.
661
00:38:30,433 --> 00:38:33,936
We've been able to develop
a form of expression,
662
00:38:34,020 --> 00:38:37,315
defining the contours
of Brazilian rap music.
663
00:38:37,398 --> 00:38:40,860
When you have a friend
You have everything
664
00:38:40,943 --> 00:38:43,988
When you have a friend
You have everything
665
00:38:47,366 --> 00:38:49,535
I pity the fool who messes with us.
666
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:54,290
I've been tripping over this idea
for the last five years.
667
00:38:54,373 --> 00:38:56,709
Even before it got this bad,
668
00:38:57,418 --> 00:39:00,171
I realized we needed
something to hold on to.
669
00:39:00,254 --> 00:39:04,967
There are certain values
that needed settling,
670
00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:09,555
like the importance of believing.
671
00:39:09,638 --> 00:39:11,849
This one's gonna fuck me up!
672
00:39:11,932 --> 00:39:14,518
{\an8}It's like rappelling
If you're out of rope, you die
673
00:39:14,602 --> 00:39:15,936
{\an8}AVUÁ FASHION SHOW
674
00:39:16,020 --> 00:39:18,898
{\an8}Chilling
Even with darkness around the corner
675
00:39:18,981 --> 00:39:21,776
Damn, I almost forgot!
676
00:39:21,859 --> 00:39:25,488
I design clothes every now and then,
and we put on fashion shows.
677
00:39:25,571 --> 00:39:30,159
It was late night and I was finishing
some pieces for our next show at SPFW.
678
00:39:30,868 --> 00:39:33,079
The last edition had been amazing.
679
00:39:33,162 --> 00:39:35,289
We paid a great tribute to samba.
680
00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:38,042
On the most important runway in Brazil,
681
00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:40,002
we featured my mom, Mrs. Jacira,
682
00:39:40,086 --> 00:39:42,421
Fabiana Cozza and Wilson das Neves.
683
00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:46,717
Ladies and gentlemen, Wilson das Neves.
Samba in the flesh!
684
00:39:47,676 --> 00:39:51,013
What a wonderful feeling it is
to present people you admire with flowers
685
00:39:51,097 --> 00:39:53,891
while they can still smell them.
686
00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:58,229
A call came in that night,
while I was working.
687
00:39:58,312 --> 00:40:02,066
My wife brought me the phone
wearing a serious look on her face.
688
00:40:02,149 --> 00:40:06,487
I answered the call, and my friend,
Margarete, gave me the sad news.
689
00:40:07,113 --> 00:40:09,949
Our beloved master, Wilson das Neves,
690
00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:12,034
was no longer among us.
691
00:40:17,665 --> 00:40:19,041
I cried for days.
692
00:40:19,708 --> 00:40:24,046
But my grief was always cut short
by some funny memory.
693
00:40:24,130 --> 00:40:25,965
I'd remember him saying,
694
00:40:26,048 --> 00:40:28,342
"Only scoundrels die, son!"
695
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:31,595
And Wilson
couldn't be more right, as usual.
696
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:39,103
A few months later, I was able
to pull out a cassette he'd sent me
697
00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:41,856
and listen to all of it without crying.
698
00:40:46,986 --> 00:40:51,407
I listened to all his tunes non-stop.
699
00:40:51,490 --> 00:40:55,995
Thiago Jamelão and I headed to the studio
and we tried to harmonize them.
700
00:40:56,078 --> 00:40:58,247
Once in the studio,
701
00:40:58,330 --> 00:41:02,543
we had a dreamlike moment
testing chords for a long time,
702
00:41:02,626 --> 00:41:07,381
and when I woke up,
we had a perfectly round cycle.
703
00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:09,091
His music filled the studio
704
00:41:09,175 --> 00:41:13,471
and I could feel his presence
with us, as strong as ever.
705
00:41:13,554 --> 00:41:15,347
I smiled as I thought,
706
00:41:16,182 --> 00:41:18,642
"When you have a friend,
you have everything."
707
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:21,437
When you have a friend
You have everything
708
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,648
If the well devours you
He rescues you from the bottom
709
00:41:24,732 --> 00:41:28,402
The feeling is so amazing
That all the stress seems easy to overcome
710
00:41:28,903 --> 00:41:32,448
It's a safe place
For when things get too insane
711
00:41:33,032 --> 00:41:35,034
When you have a friend
You have everything
712
00:41:35,743 --> 00:41:39,121
When bullets are flying, brother
They turn into a shield
713
00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:42,416
Ready for anything, for real, anytime
714
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:45,252
A shoulder to cry on after the Armageddon
715
00:41:45,961 --> 00:41:47,713
Being brothers like Gil and Caetano
716
00:41:47,796 --> 00:41:49,924
Is a rare thing in this crazy world
717
00:41:50,007 --> 00:41:52,510
I've found so many hardships
718
00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:55,554
But I made it back
And I'm gonna keep on going
719
00:41:55,638 --> 00:41:59,225
It's like the Baroque Rococo style
Of which Aleijadinho was king
720
00:41:59,975 --> 00:42:03,437
The gift of gods
So many laughs
721
00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:04,772
Like in catechism
722
00:42:04,855 --> 00:42:08,859
I've asked Oxalá and Our Lady
723
00:42:08,943 --> 00:42:12,404
Hey, what floor do you live on now?
Gonna pay you a visit someday
724
00:42:12,488 --> 00:42:14,323
These are my favorite verses.
725
00:42:15,491 --> 00:42:18,285
So, Mr. Wilson passed away.
726
00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:21,247
So I ask,
"What floor do you live on now?"
727
00:42:24,291 --> 00:42:26,460
My favorite parts until now…
728
00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:30,005
Going through all that
gets me thinking of Oswald de Andrade,
729
00:42:30,089 --> 00:42:31,340
another modernist.
730
00:42:31,423 --> 00:42:34,093
In his Anthropophagic Manifesto,
he said exactly that.
731
00:42:34,176 --> 00:42:36,178
"Other people are all that interests me."
732
00:42:36,262 --> 00:42:40,224
After all, there's no meaning
in our existence without others.
733
00:42:40,307 --> 00:42:42,726
Samba knew that from the start.
734
00:43:10,004 --> 00:43:15,593
ACT 2
WATERING
735
00:43:35,904 --> 00:43:37,865
Jaime de Almeida
was a fullback for Flamengo.
736
00:43:37,948 --> 00:43:40,117
Five-time champion with his team.
737
00:43:41,285 --> 00:43:43,912
During one of his practices,
738
00:43:43,996 --> 00:43:48,334
Jaime's family got a proposition
from one of the club's managers.
739
00:43:48,417 --> 00:43:53,172
He wanted one of Jaime's little sisters
to work as a maid in his house.
740
00:43:53,255 --> 00:43:55,549
Years later, during an interview,
741
00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:58,385
this is how the little girl
would tell the story.
742
00:44:01,889 --> 00:44:04,516
"We had just lost our father."
743
00:44:05,142 --> 00:44:07,561
"I babysat for rich women for a while."
744
00:44:07,645 --> 00:44:10,105
"Black children start working
early on, you know."
745
00:44:11,023 --> 00:44:14,193
"This manager from Flamengo
offered me a job at his house
746
00:44:14,276 --> 00:44:18,697
working as his little maid,
the type who becomes the house pet."
747
00:44:18,781 --> 00:44:23,410
"I put up such a fight
that they had to bring me back."
748
00:44:27,873 --> 00:44:29,583
The little girl grew up.
749
00:44:29,667 --> 00:44:32,127
She majored in Philosophy and History,
750
00:44:32,211 --> 00:44:34,505
becoming a major thinker
751
00:44:34,588 --> 00:44:37,549
and a reference
for extraordinary individuals of our time
752
00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:41,011
through her beautiful and powerful ideas.
753
00:44:41,762 --> 00:44:44,807
Her name is Lélia Gonzalez.
754
00:44:46,433 --> 00:44:50,270
The Egyptians were a Black people.
755
00:44:50,354 --> 00:44:53,774
Thus, the Egyptian civilization,
756
00:44:53,857 --> 00:44:58,695
the first civilization ever
to exist on planet Earth,
757
00:44:58,779 --> 00:45:03,158
passed on all the knowledge
758
00:45:03,242 --> 00:45:05,577
to the so-called Western civilization.
759
00:45:14,878 --> 00:45:20,259
{\an8}PHILOSOPHER AND ACTIVIST
760
00:45:45,492 --> 00:45:46,994
To Lélia Gonzalez,
761
00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:50,330
the key contributions made by Black people
762
00:45:50,414 --> 00:45:52,249
created Brazilian culture itself.
763
00:45:52,332 --> 00:45:55,878
As a result, we don't
speak Portuguese around here.
764
00:45:55,961 --> 00:45:57,754
We speak Pretoguese.
765
00:45:59,465 --> 00:46:03,969
Many people believe that Lélia
is a pioneer in intersectionality studies,
766
00:46:04,470 --> 00:46:06,889
which is how social identities overlap
767
00:46:06,972 --> 00:46:09,224
and relate
to structural oppression, sort of.
768
00:46:09,349 --> 00:46:10,350
RACE, SEX AND CLASS OPPRESSION
769
00:46:10,434 --> 00:46:14,480
A theory that has only recently
become popular in our society.
770
00:46:14,563 --> 00:46:16,607
Let us fight, comrades!
771
00:46:16,690 --> 00:46:21,487
So that exploitation and oppression
in our country may come to an end.
772
00:46:21,570 --> 00:46:22,946
NATIONAL BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS DAY
773
00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:27,159
Brazil is not a racial democracy.
774
00:46:27,242 --> 00:46:31,163
Before it could ever become
an actual racial democracy,
775
00:46:31,246 --> 00:46:34,917
our country needs
to effectively become a democracy.
776
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:38,879
Lélia explained that oppression
against Black women is even harder…
777
00:46:38,962 --> 00:46:39,963
AGAINST BLACK WOMAN'S EXPLOITATION
778
00:46:40,547 --> 00:46:45,135
…as it's underlined by gender,
class and race discrimination.
779
00:46:45,219 --> 00:46:47,554
They're discriminated against
three times more.
780
00:46:53,143 --> 00:46:55,270
In its almost 450-year history,
781
00:46:55,354 --> 00:46:58,482
the city of São Paulo
had only seen two Black women
782
00:46:58,565 --> 00:47:00,400
elected to the State Assembly.
783
00:47:00,984 --> 00:47:04,488
The first woman to ever be elected
was Theodosina Ribeiro,
784
00:47:05,697 --> 00:47:07,699
{\an8}and the second is a sambista…
785
00:47:07,783 --> 00:47:09,451
{\an8}SINGER AND COMPOSER
786
00:47:09,535 --> 00:47:12,913
{\an8}…who also performed
in the City Opera House in 1975,
787
00:47:12,996 --> 00:47:15,541
the godmother of rap, Leci Brandão.
788
00:47:16,458 --> 00:47:18,877
A new leader is rising
789
00:47:20,295 --> 00:47:22,381
On Pau da Bandeira Hill
790
00:47:23,465 --> 00:47:25,676
A new leader is rising
791
00:47:27,219 --> 00:47:30,055
On Pau da Bandeira Hill
792
00:47:31,223 --> 00:47:33,559
On Pau da Bandeira Hill
793
00:47:35,352 --> 00:47:37,145
On Pau da Bandeira Hill
794
00:47:37,229 --> 00:47:39,106
Let me hear you clap!
795
00:47:39,189 --> 00:47:43,277
As I see it, this achievement
by Leci was as daring…
796
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:44,319
LECI BRANDÃO:
WOMAN, BLACK AND HOMOSSEXUAL
797
00:47:44,403 --> 00:47:47,906
…as when she became the first woman
to be a composer for Mangueira.
798
00:47:47,990 --> 00:47:51,827
{\an8}The initial reaction
was pretty predictable.
799
00:47:51,910 --> 00:47:55,539
{\an8}A girl wanted to join
the very traditional Mangueira composers.
800
00:47:56,582 --> 00:48:00,627
No woman had ever knocked on their door.
801
00:48:00,711 --> 00:48:02,921
When I did, I got my message across
802
00:48:03,005 --> 00:48:05,924
and managed to convince
those distinguished gentlemen.
803
00:48:10,721 --> 00:48:16,268
Candeia founded the Recreational Club
Black People's Art Quilombo Samba School.
804
00:48:16,351 --> 00:48:18,604
It wasn't just a samba school.
805
00:48:18,687 --> 00:48:20,314
As the name implies,
806
00:48:21,189 --> 00:48:24,610
Quilombo stood up for freedom
during the years of lead,
807
00:48:24,693 --> 00:48:28,905
both in verse, such as the samba-enredo
"Ao Povo em Forma de Arte,"
808
00:48:28,989 --> 00:48:32,743
and in prose, by giving rise
to organic intellectuals
809
00:48:32,826 --> 00:48:36,288
such as the masters Elton Medeiros,
Paulinho da Viola,
810
00:48:36,371 --> 00:48:38,624
Wilson Moreira and Nei Lopes.
811
00:48:38,707 --> 00:48:42,919
It worked
as a true school of popular culture.
812
00:48:43,003 --> 00:48:47,132
Professor Lélia Gonzalez
was also a master at this school.
813
00:48:47,215 --> 00:48:50,719
Lélia offered Candeia a seat in her jalopy
814
00:48:50,802 --> 00:48:53,889
to join her on
an important trip to São Paulo.
815
00:48:55,265 --> 00:48:58,352
Candeia was already in poor health,
816
00:48:58,435 --> 00:49:00,312
so he wasn't able to come along.
817
00:49:00,395 --> 00:49:04,691
Her jalopy let her down, too,
and broke down on the way there.
818
00:49:05,692 --> 00:49:08,654
But that didn't stop
Lélia Gonzalez from coming here
819
00:49:08,737 --> 00:49:11,114
to represent Candeia and Quilombo.
820
00:49:11,198 --> 00:49:14,076
{\an8}Her destination
was the front steps of this building.
821
00:49:14,159 --> 00:49:16,745
{\an8}She attended
the first public demonstration
822
00:49:16,828 --> 00:49:19,498
{\an8}of an organization
that would transform our history.
823
00:49:19,581 --> 00:49:23,835
{\an8}It was the founding
of the Unified Black Movement.
824
00:49:23,919 --> 00:49:25,087
{\an8}FOR RACIAL EQUALITY
825
00:49:25,170 --> 00:49:27,339
{\an8}But there's more to be said here.
826
00:49:27,422 --> 00:49:29,591
Forty years before the gathering
827
00:49:29,675 --> 00:49:32,928
{\an8}in front of
the City Opera House, in 1938,
828
00:49:33,011 --> 00:49:36,014
a celebration of the 50th anniversary
of the end of slavery
829
00:49:36,098 --> 00:49:39,142
organized by remaining members
of the Brazilian Black Front
830
00:49:39,226 --> 00:49:43,105
was also scheduled to happen
in the vicinities of the Opera House.
831
00:49:43,188 --> 00:49:45,899
Unfortunately, the event never took place,
832
00:49:45,982 --> 00:49:47,859
in spite of every effort made
833
00:49:47,943 --> 00:49:53,198
{\an8}by the head of the Municipal Department
of Culture at the time, Mário de Andrade,
834
00:49:53,281 --> 00:49:54,866
{\an8}our favorite modernist.
835
00:49:59,621 --> 00:50:02,958
The fact that we're here in this place
836
00:50:03,041 --> 00:50:05,752
that was denied to our ancestors,
837
00:50:05,836 --> 00:50:10,090
is thanks to the sweat and blood
of people along the way.
838
00:50:10,173 --> 00:50:13,677
At the height of military dictatorship,
there were people
839
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:15,762
who were brave enough to rise up
840
00:50:15,846 --> 00:50:19,015
against the Brazilian state
and its murderous racism
841
00:50:19,099 --> 00:50:22,060
and say that this country
needed to acknowledge
842
00:50:22,144 --> 00:50:26,314
the leading role of people of color
in Brazilian society.
843
00:50:26,398 --> 00:50:29,609
Some of the people here today
844
00:50:29,693 --> 00:50:34,406
were also at the front steps
of the Opera House in 1978,
845
00:50:34,489 --> 00:50:35,907
fighting racism.
846
00:50:35,991 --> 00:50:40,036
This is a magical time for me
because you are here.
847
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:43,832
Because our presence here
is a historical achievement.
848
00:50:43,915 --> 00:50:46,710
I'd like to ask them to stand up now…
849
00:50:46,793 --> 00:50:48,879
Our brothers and sisters from MMU.
850
00:51:09,608 --> 00:51:11,443
On these front steps,
851
00:51:11,526 --> 00:51:15,447
from here in São Paulo to all of Brazil,
852
00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:21,745
the Unified Black Movement
will continue its fight.
853
00:51:21,828 --> 00:51:23,789
Thank you so much.
854
00:51:23,872 --> 00:51:27,292
Without your dreams,
without your struggle,
855
00:51:27,834 --> 00:51:29,795
none of this would be possible.
856
00:51:31,004 --> 00:51:34,716
I dedicate to them this next song.
857
00:51:36,510 --> 00:51:39,012
My Luanda skin
Aruanda lobby
858
00:51:39,095 --> 00:51:41,807
Like T'challa, Wakanda
Black mamba poison
859
00:51:41,890 --> 00:51:44,726
A bunch of bandoliers
What are the rules here?
860
00:51:44,810 --> 00:51:47,479
Tonight ya gonna see more blood
Than in Hotel Rwanda
861
00:51:47,562 --> 00:51:48,897
This era started wild
862
00:51:48,980 --> 00:51:50,899
Panther on the loose
Shows its claws
863
00:51:50,982 --> 00:51:53,109
I brought the night as camouflage
864
00:51:53,193 --> 00:51:56,488
I'm an avenger, avenging the pain
Of those smashed by the gears
865
00:51:56,571 --> 00:51:58,740
While you are coup, I am Sabotage
866
00:51:58,824 --> 00:52:01,076
Mystic
A thousand orishas in a pantheon
867
00:52:01,159 --> 00:52:04,246
Brave, I kill settlers
Bringing them to an end, like a Tsavo lion
868
00:52:04,830 --> 00:52:07,374
I go deep, indeed
Never hold me back, it's worse
869
00:52:07,457 --> 00:52:10,335
Monster, skull, Vibranium
I chop you up in 12 pieces
870
00:52:10,418 --> 00:52:13,129
A flash like Usain Bolt
10,000 volts
871
00:52:13,213 --> 00:52:16,132
Applause from my ancestors, listen
Ta-Nehisi with no coaches
872
00:52:16,216 --> 00:52:18,385
Memory is long, temper is short
In this approach and so
873
00:52:18,468 --> 00:52:21,054
Rumor has it that
I've come back like an AK
874
00:52:21,137 --> 00:52:23,890
With determination
Sensibility and chill, bro
875
00:52:23,974 --> 00:52:26,893
If things get rough
We better get back
876
00:52:26,977 --> 00:52:29,980
-Like a Black panther
-I am back
877
00:52:30,063 --> 00:52:32,107
Like a Black panther
878
00:52:32,190 --> 00:52:34,860
With determination
Sensibility and chill, bro
879
00:52:34,943 --> 00:52:38,238
If things get rough
We better get back
880
00:52:38,321 --> 00:52:41,408
-Like a Black panther
-I am back
881
00:52:41,491 --> 00:52:44,160
Like a Black panther
882
00:52:44,244 --> 00:52:46,037
Now on my roof, she's Dora Milaje
883
00:52:46,121 --> 00:52:49,499
Sprouts on the base
Very Nicki Minaj-y, it's a mirage
884
00:52:49,583 --> 00:52:51,209
Mirage Jet, flying high
885
00:52:51,293 --> 00:52:54,880
Mr. Spock is the bomb
Green Lantern, I am very Static
886
00:52:55,755 --> 00:52:58,049
For a new Red Sea
A new crossing
887
00:52:58,133 --> 00:53:01,052
For people to see kings in the mirror
My pen creates
888
00:53:01,136 --> 00:53:03,722
Wu-Tang Street
Superman, more technology
889
00:53:03,805 --> 00:53:06,808
Symbolic like a guide
In the chilly nights
890
00:53:06,892 --> 00:53:09,352
I'll crush boys that mock Black culture
891
00:53:09,436 --> 00:53:12,188
A Kasparov toasting mate
And writing checks
892
00:53:12,272 --> 00:53:14,858
I stand against the slave masters
An indie on my own track
893
00:53:14,941 --> 00:53:18,194
I'm sharp, respect my timing
Don't be such a brat
894
00:53:18,278 --> 00:53:20,822
If you come like Stan Lee, like Spike Lee
Kinda Bruce Lee
895
00:53:20,906 --> 00:53:23,533
I am taking Brazil
In a Mauricio Kubrusly kinda way
896
00:53:23,617 --> 00:53:26,661
Like Solange in A Seat at the Table
Black or dark-skinned?
897
00:53:26,745 --> 00:53:28,622
When in doubt, call her princess
898
00:53:29,205 --> 00:53:32,292
Self-knowledge, self-help
Flow of time
899
00:53:32,375 --> 00:53:33,919
Like samples, like Buddha
900
00:53:34,002 --> 00:53:36,838
Love that could fill a thousand books
Like Gabo or Neruda
901
00:53:36,922 --> 00:53:40,175
Whoever married the storm
Doesn't care about umbrellas, got it?
902
00:53:40,258 --> 00:53:42,761
With determination
Sensibility and chill, bro
903
00:53:42,844 --> 00:53:46,139
If things get rough
We better get back
904
00:53:46,222 --> 00:53:49,392
This night will be forever in our hearts.
905
00:53:49,476 --> 00:53:50,560
For real, man.
906
00:53:51,686 --> 00:53:55,482
To remind us that freedom isn't permanent.
907
00:53:55,565 --> 00:53:57,442
We have to always fight for it.
908
00:53:57,525 --> 00:53:59,903
And we'll keep on fighting for it.
909
00:54:00,403 --> 00:54:03,198
Like a tractor. Out of our way!
910
00:54:03,281 --> 00:54:05,659
With determination
Sensibility and chill, bro
911
00:54:05,742 --> 00:54:08,745
If things get rough
We better get back
912
00:54:08,828 --> 00:54:11,873
-Like a Black panther
-I am back
913
00:54:11,957 --> 00:54:13,708
Like a Black panther
914
00:54:14,751 --> 00:54:16,378
The power of a symbol.
915
00:54:17,212 --> 00:54:19,130
What did them guys and girls do?
916
00:54:19,214 --> 00:54:21,841
They didn't know what could happen.
It was a dictatorship
917
00:54:21,925 --> 00:54:25,387
in a country that kills Black people
without batting an eye.
918
00:54:25,470 --> 00:54:29,766
The next day, they could all be
in jail, or worse, dead.
919
00:54:29,849 --> 00:54:32,018
But they cut through their fear
920
00:54:32,102 --> 00:54:36,064
and stood on those front steps
to create a powerful symbol of struggle
921
00:54:36,147 --> 00:54:37,691
{\an8}and unity against racism.
922
00:54:37,774 --> 00:54:38,942
{\an8}NOVEMBER 20TH
NATIONAL BLACK AWARENESS DAY
923
00:54:39,025 --> 00:54:43,196
{\an8}To the military, anti-racism
was directly connected to communism.
924
00:54:43,697 --> 00:54:47,826
Simonal himself ended up in DOPS
for his tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
925
00:54:47,909 --> 00:54:50,453
With your permission,
I'd like to sing this song.
926
00:54:50,537 --> 00:54:53,748
I dedicated it to my son…
927
00:54:54,833 --> 00:54:56,543
hoping that, in the future,
928
00:54:57,419 --> 00:55:01,297
he's never faced
with the problems I faced…
929
00:55:02,173 --> 00:55:04,676
and sometimes still do,
930
00:55:04,759 --> 00:55:08,304
despite being who I am.
931
00:55:25,864 --> 00:55:29,492
Yes, I have dark skin
932
00:55:29,576 --> 00:55:32,537
My brother of the same color
933
00:55:32,620 --> 00:55:35,999
What I ask of you
Is that you fight
934
00:55:36,082 --> 00:55:39,544
Yes, that you fight a little longer
935
00:55:39,627 --> 00:55:42,338
The battle is almost over
936
00:55:48,094 --> 00:55:51,806
For every Black person who is gone
937
00:55:51,890 --> 00:55:54,893
Another Black person will come
938
00:55:54,976 --> 00:55:58,646
To fight
And shed blood, or maybe not
939
00:55:58,730 --> 00:56:02,358
A song can go a long way, my brother
940
00:56:02,442 --> 00:56:06,154
Listen to my voice, oh, yeah
941
00:56:06,237 --> 00:56:10,408
Fight for us
942
00:56:11,034 --> 00:56:13,453
The Blackest struggle…
943
00:56:13,536 --> 00:56:15,413
But a lot of things came out of that.
944
00:56:15,497 --> 00:56:17,749
It annoys me
because it's nothing new, you know?
945
00:56:17,832 --> 00:56:21,044
From the moment
that Africans started being abducted
946
00:56:21,127 --> 00:56:23,129
and dumped in a land they didn't know,
947
00:56:23,213 --> 00:56:26,341
they needed to rethink
their model of collective organization.
948
00:56:26,424 --> 00:56:29,427
For example, the religious
brotherhoods of the 17th century.
949
00:56:29,511 --> 00:56:32,847
Black people get organized,
raise a little money,
950
00:56:32,931 --> 00:56:34,265
buy each other's freedoms,
951
00:56:34,349 --> 00:56:37,018
and that's how they did it.
952
00:56:37,102 --> 00:56:41,439
Bit by bit, they built
a community for mutual welfare.
953
00:56:43,066 --> 00:56:46,820
Aristocrata was a club
built by Black people.
954
00:56:46,903 --> 00:56:50,406
But it didn't discriminate
like white people clubs did,
955
00:56:50,490 --> 00:56:52,700
which didn't allow
Black people in the pool.
956
00:56:53,326 --> 00:56:55,954
Anyone in the premises
could have a good time.
957
00:56:56,037 --> 00:56:58,206
So you take the religious brotherhoods,
958
00:56:58,289 --> 00:57:00,917
take what
the Aristocrata people were doing,
959
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,545
and where does that lead us?
To our parents' generation.
960
00:57:09,676 --> 00:57:12,262
-Ever been here before?
-First time.
961
00:57:12,345 --> 00:57:14,472
Damn, shit's getting real.
962
00:57:14,973 --> 00:57:16,975
{\an8}-First time.
-You've never been in here?
963
00:57:17,058 --> 00:57:18,768
{\an8}Never, not even to take pictures.
964
00:57:18,852 --> 00:57:19,686
{\an8}SINGER
965
00:57:19,769 --> 00:57:21,729
{\an8}-Damn. Not even as a tourist?
-No.
966
00:57:21,813 --> 00:57:22,814
{\an8}Yeah…
967
00:57:25,316 --> 00:57:27,235
From now on, it's ours.
968
00:57:27,318 --> 00:57:30,071
I'm a dark-skinned Brazilian kid,
you feel me?
969
00:57:30,155 --> 00:57:33,867
And we really need
to keep harping on about it.
970
00:57:33,950 --> 00:57:36,327
So that each generation hits harder.
971
00:57:36,411 --> 00:57:40,039
When a Black person is called a monkey,
people look at them to see their reaction,
972
00:57:40,123 --> 00:57:42,250
but we should ask the white person,
973
00:57:42,333 --> 00:57:44,461
"It's been 500 years
and you're still doing that?"
974
00:57:44,544 --> 00:57:47,422
I'm not a target for racists.
I'm their nightmare.
975
00:57:48,798 --> 00:57:51,926
I've cheated death
Now I know where I'm heading
976
00:57:52,677 --> 00:57:56,389
This wasn't luck
I am where I've always wanted to be
977
00:57:56,473 --> 00:57:58,391
I trust no one
978
00:57:58,475 --> 00:58:00,810
-Let alone some Po-po
-Fuck the police
979
00:58:00,894 --> 00:58:04,022
Money in my pocket
My pulse frozen
980
00:58:04,522 --> 00:58:06,357
Right before the show
981
00:58:06,441 --> 00:58:08,693
Well before the blow
982
00:58:08,776 --> 00:58:12,238
I was with my bros
Before all the hype and envy
983
00:58:12,864 --> 00:58:16,367
I've cheated death
Now I know where I'm heading
984
00:58:16,451 --> 00:58:18,411
-This wasn't luck
-Okay.
985
00:58:18,495 --> 00:58:20,497
Endless grudges
986
00:58:21,289 --> 00:58:23,082
I made faith reverberate
Like a cathedral
987
00:58:23,166 --> 00:58:25,043
Sacred like the Torah
Deadly like a cobra
988
00:58:25,126 --> 00:58:27,712
A voracious shark for Oriental knowledge
989
00:58:27,795 --> 00:58:30,006
My chant made the Atlantic
Into a quantum particle
990
00:58:30,089 --> 00:58:33,092
-Find me in every storm
-Ancestral voices
991
00:58:33,176 --> 00:58:35,303
Courage cannot be measured
In times of peace
992
00:58:35,386 --> 00:58:38,681
-Jesus 2.0 style
-Damn, Jesus 2.0
993
00:58:38,765 --> 00:58:42,560
I walk on the water of forgetful grief
Away from the rules imposed upon me
994
00:58:42,644 --> 00:58:44,646
I was nothing
Today I'm infinite
995
00:58:44,729 --> 00:58:46,481
Feeling like the invention of zero
996
00:58:46,564 --> 00:58:48,441
Not conceited, just convincing
997
00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:50,193
See what rhyme's done to streets
998
00:58:50,276 --> 00:58:52,946
From freebase to beats in folders
The world can't stand us
999
00:58:53,029 --> 00:58:55,573
My caste flies at the speed of light
Ping-pong
1000
00:58:55,657 --> 00:58:57,659
Cut the crap, enough
My rasta mind celebrates
1001
00:58:57,742 --> 00:58:59,202
Yin and yang rebalanced
1002
00:58:59,285 --> 00:59:01,579
Like a filmmaker, I look for the gap
I outshine the party
1003
00:59:01,663 --> 00:59:03,456
Aim for the head
Throw a Kim Jong master
1004
00:59:03,540 --> 00:59:05,875
I decide whether you're dealing
With the King
1005
00:59:05,959 --> 00:59:07,377
Or the Kong
1006
00:59:07,460 --> 00:59:11,214
Like Aztec gold, I came from a Barren Life
Everything was like Sahara, Sahara
1007
00:59:11,297 --> 00:59:12,549
Abundance is the goal
Like Mecca
1008
00:59:12,632 --> 00:59:14,717
I am Thomas Sankara
I confront and rebuild
1009
00:59:14,801 --> 00:59:16,386
Like a newborn, wrapped in pussy
1010
00:59:16,469 --> 00:59:18,721
A mix of Vivara, Guevara, Lebara
1011
00:59:18,805 --> 00:59:20,390
My pen fucks with "white history"
1012
00:59:20,473 --> 00:59:22,684
And the world shouts
Don't stop, don't stop
1013
00:59:22,767 --> 00:59:24,352
Enough of this caravel fetish
1014
00:59:24,435 --> 00:59:26,854
Real talk, just stop
Put it in perspective
1015
00:59:26,938 --> 00:59:28,815
I go on, smash it
And they call it a concept
1016
00:59:28,898 --> 00:59:30,567
Somehow I bring the hand of Shiva
1017
00:59:30,650 --> 00:59:32,777
This is God speaking through my bros
1018
00:59:32,860 --> 00:59:34,320
It's me aiming and killing the Klu
1019
00:59:34,404 --> 00:59:38,825
Only those who cheated death up North
Know it wasn't luck, but the hand of Eshu
1020
00:59:38,908 --> 00:59:40,994
I put on a suit
Just to mess with them
1021
00:59:41,077 --> 00:59:42,912
Subordinate or subversion?
1022
00:59:42,996 --> 00:59:44,872
Everything was Hell
I turned it around
1023
00:59:44,956 --> 00:59:46,874
The goal is eternity, infinity
1024
00:59:46,958 --> 00:59:50,712
ACT III
HARVESTING
1025
00:59:50,795 --> 00:59:53,881
You know when our moms
or old ladies from the hood,
1026
00:59:53,965 --> 00:59:57,135
when old Black ladies would tell us,
1027
00:59:57,218 --> 01:00:01,306
"You're Black, so you gotta do
ten times better to be seen as an equal"?
1028
01:00:01,389 --> 01:00:05,101
I think this is still true,
and we have to study ten times harder,
1029
01:00:05,184 --> 01:00:09,856
because the playing field is a minefield
where your life is worthless.
1030
01:00:09,939 --> 01:00:14,360
The grief over your dead body
is shorter, you know?
1031
01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:17,614
If you ever slip up,
which can happen to anyone,
1032
01:00:17,697 --> 01:00:22,452
people will be less forgiving
if you're a Black body.
1033
01:00:22,535 --> 01:00:23,703
BRAZIL
1034
01:00:23,786 --> 01:00:26,539
When influential artists,
inspired by French Futurism,
1035
01:00:26,623 --> 01:00:29,083
inaugurated Modernism
in our neck of the woods,
1036
01:00:29,167 --> 01:00:31,502
Black intellectuals in France
1037
01:00:31,586 --> 01:00:34,505
made a massive contribution
to the history of humankind
1038
01:00:34,589 --> 01:00:39,093
with a five-letter word
which is sometimes used as an insult
1039
01:00:39,177 --> 01:00:41,429
and sometimes to show affection.
1040
01:00:41,512 --> 01:00:45,558
But its main purpose is to express pride.
1041
01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:47,977
That word is "Negro."
1042
01:00:48,061 --> 01:00:51,731
And all the ideology
that it captures in its variations.
1043
01:00:51,814 --> 01:00:55,068
{\an8}Négritude, or "Blackness."
And you can write it in bold.
1044
01:00:56,319 --> 01:01:00,406
{\an8}Over here, the need
to turn tragedies into power
1045
01:01:00,490 --> 01:01:02,116
was equally urgent.
1046
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:07,163
One of the best examples of this dream
was Abdias do Nascimento.
1047
01:01:07,246 --> 01:01:12,210
Especially when he founded
the Black People's Experimental Theater,
1048
01:01:12,293 --> 01:01:15,088
which opened up new opportunities
1049
01:01:15,171 --> 01:01:18,257
to strengthen Afro-Brazilian
culture and values.
1050
01:01:18,841 --> 01:01:21,886
Once, when he was abroad,
Abdias attended a play
1051
01:01:21,969 --> 01:01:26,516
where the main character
was played by a white man in blackface.
1052
01:01:26,599 --> 01:01:30,228
Right then and there, he decided to create
a theater company for Black people,
1053
01:01:30,311 --> 01:01:32,146
to fight racism.
1054
01:01:36,150 --> 01:01:37,527
I remember
1055
01:01:38,444 --> 01:01:40,154
the number of people
1056
01:01:40,988 --> 01:01:42,407
who came to advise…
1057
01:01:42,490 --> 01:01:44,242
{\an8}ACTOR AND ACTIVIST
1058
01:01:44,325 --> 01:01:45,868
{\an8}…that I not do this.
1059
01:01:46,911 --> 01:01:49,539
{\an8}That I not use "Black" in the name,
1060
01:01:49,622 --> 01:01:53,584
because that would cause the initiative
1061
01:01:53,668 --> 01:01:56,838
to fail before it came to fruition,
1062
01:01:56,921 --> 01:01:58,840
before it even began.
1063
01:02:01,759 --> 01:02:03,052
In that regard,
1064
01:02:04,595 --> 01:02:05,722
I was…
1065
01:02:09,684 --> 01:02:11,894
absolutely adamant…
1066
01:02:13,938 --> 01:02:16,691
that it had to be Black Theater.
1067
01:02:16,774 --> 01:02:18,776
Black People's Theater.
1068
01:02:22,155 --> 01:02:26,075
Actor, fine artist,
poet, writer, playwright,
1069
01:02:26,159 --> 01:02:28,578
professor and politician.
1070
01:02:28,661 --> 01:02:31,831
He even produced plays
inside the Carandiru prison
1071
01:02:31,914 --> 01:02:33,291
with a cast of inmates.
1072
01:02:33,374 --> 01:02:35,918
Abdias do Nascimento was all those things
1073
01:02:36,002 --> 01:02:39,964
without ever giving up on his activism
for the human rights of Black people.
1074
01:02:41,799 --> 01:02:46,053
In his art, he paid tribute
to people such as Luís Gama,
1075
01:02:46,137 --> 01:02:48,681
an abolitionist poet and attorney.
1076
01:02:48,765 --> 01:02:50,558
A true Futurist,
1077
01:02:50,641 --> 01:02:54,187
who could be considered
a forerunner of Négritude,
1078
01:02:54,687 --> 01:02:58,232
many decades before
that word made it to our shores.
1079
01:03:00,526 --> 01:03:03,613
Just like Candeia
and Lélia Gonzalez did with Quilombo,
1080
01:03:03,696 --> 01:03:06,908
Abdias used art to exalt our culture,
1081
01:03:06,991 --> 01:03:08,785
to push it beyond simple entertainment
1082
01:03:08,868 --> 01:03:13,289
and turn it
into a very powerful political tool.
1083
01:03:13,372 --> 01:03:16,918
The Black People's Experimental Theater
also introduced to the world…
1084
01:03:18,127 --> 01:03:20,922
the high-caliber star
that was Ruth de Souza.
1085
01:03:23,132 --> 01:03:25,676
{\an8}When I think about Ruth de Souza…
1086
01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:27,011
{\an8}PROFESSOR AND ACTIVIST
1087
01:03:27,094 --> 01:03:30,264
{\an8}…I realize that if her talents
had been put to full use
1088
01:03:31,432 --> 01:03:34,143
as the great actress she is,
1089
01:03:34,227 --> 01:03:35,937
she would easily have become
1090
01:03:36,020 --> 01:03:39,232
the greatest actress
in Brazilian TV, for example,
1091
01:03:39,315 --> 01:03:43,402
as now she's mostly on TV,
but she's also done movies.
1092
01:03:45,738 --> 01:03:49,158
{\an8}Ruth de Souza was
the Black first lady of Brazilian theater,
1093
01:03:49,242 --> 01:03:52,703
{\an8}the first Black actress to play
a lead role in Brazilian television,
1094
01:03:52,787 --> 01:03:54,705
{\an8}the Black first lady of cinema.
1095
01:03:54,789 --> 01:03:58,000
She got a scholarship
and studied in Howard and Harvard.
1096
01:03:58,584 --> 01:04:02,296
She was the first Brazilian actress
to be nominated for a Golden Lion
1097
01:04:02,380 --> 01:04:04,298
at the Venice International Film Festival.
1098
01:04:04,382 --> 01:04:07,718
And if that's not avant-garde,
I don't know what is.
1099
01:04:18,354 --> 01:04:23,359
{\an8}We didn't have any money to produce
The Emperor Jones, my first play.
1100
01:04:23,442 --> 01:04:24,443
{\an8}RUTH DE SOUZA
ACTRESS
1101
01:04:24,527 --> 01:04:28,281
We didn't have the money
and we didn't have a venue.
1102
01:04:28,364 --> 01:04:32,660
And I said, without a second thought,
"Let's request the Opera House."
1103
01:04:33,244 --> 01:04:34,579
I thought it was so beautiful.
1104
01:04:34,662 --> 01:04:38,374
We went to see the mayor
and he gave us May 25…
1105
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:41,711
May 8, actually. The end of the war.
1106
01:04:41,794 --> 01:04:43,588
The day the war ended.
1107
01:04:44,171 --> 01:04:48,467
It was very moving to me.
There were fireworks outside,
1108
01:04:48,551 --> 01:04:50,928
and I'd say
they were celebrating my first role.
1109
01:04:57,685 --> 01:05:00,146
With the faith of the ones
Watching the scene
1110
01:05:00,229 --> 01:05:01,814
From the players' bench
1111
01:05:04,525 --> 01:05:07,361
{\an8}The goal we needed the most…
1112
01:05:07,445 --> 01:05:08,279
{\an8}SINGER
1113
01:05:08,362 --> 01:05:09,447
{\an8}Ball on the post
1114
01:05:09,530 --> 01:05:14,869
"Ismália" was originally intended
to team up two giants of our theater,
1115
01:05:14,952 --> 01:05:18,122
Ruth de Souza
and Fernanda Montenegro, in a duet.
1116
01:05:18,205 --> 01:05:23,294
But sadly, Mrs. Ruth de Souza passed away
while we were on tour in Europe,
1117
01:05:23,961 --> 01:05:26,756
a few weeks before
we were going to start recording.
1118
01:05:26,839 --> 01:05:28,925
Not even our dreams
Are free of obstacles…
1119
01:05:29,008 --> 01:05:32,720
Actress Ruth de Souza
was buried today in Rio de Janeiro.
1120
01:05:32,803 --> 01:05:36,307
She was the first Black actress
to perform on the stage
1121
01:05:36,390 --> 01:05:38,392
of the Rio de Janeiro Opera House.
1122
01:05:38,476 --> 01:05:42,563
White people's happiness is complete
1123
01:05:44,106 --> 01:05:46,567
Black people's happiness
1124
01:05:48,903 --> 01:05:51,322
Is a near miss…
1125
01:05:58,788 --> 01:06:01,624
Nobody walked in the studio
and said, "This is what we'll do."
1126
01:06:01,707 --> 01:06:05,252
You feel me?
It was an experimental process.
1127
01:06:05,336 --> 01:06:09,757
I mean, Nave and I, we've been
working together for some 12 years.
1128
01:06:10,466 --> 01:06:12,426
You touched up that beat.
1129
01:06:13,219 --> 01:06:14,261
{\an8}MUSIC PRODUCER
1130
01:06:14,345 --> 01:06:17,723
{\an8}It was already great.
Half my work was already done.
1131
01:06:17,807 --> 01:06:22,228
You're being humble.
Shit's got a lot more body now.
1132
01:06:23,562 --> 01:06:27,066
The way you split it
to put in the other beat.
1133
01:06:27,149 --> 01:06:31,696
After 12 years, we finally have
the technical and financial means
1134
01:06:31,779 --> 01:06:35,157
to up and say, "Marlon's
gonna play this trombone part."
1135
01:06:35,241 --> 01:06:38,953
And it's got such a crazy vibe
that suddenly Marcos Valle joins in.
1136
01:06:39,912 --> 01:06:43,457
You know? You realize,
"Holy shit, Fernanda Montenegro is here."
1137
01:06:43,541 --> 01:06:47,003
She played Our Lady in A Dog's Will,
and she's in the project.
1138
01:06:47,086 --> 01:06:48,587
Hello. So good to see you.
1139
01:06:48,671 --> 01:06:50,256
-How are you?
-Two kisses.
1140
01:06:50,339 --> 01:06:54,135
Mrs. Fernanda's
solid performance in "Ismália"
1141
01:06:54,218 --> 01:06:57,179
offers us solace in the face of an abyss
1142
01:06:57,263 --> 01:07:00,808
that we're sometimes
led to believe to be our fate.
1143
01:07:01,809 --> 01:07:06,731
I love this poem.
It think it's so deep, so grand.
1144
01:07:06,814 --> 01:07:09,233
I chose to record it now
1145
01:07:10,151 --> 01:07:12,570
because I think
it speaks a lot to our times.
1146
01:07:12,653 --> 01:07:15,281
{\an8}That's true, though.
This is where we find ourselves.
1147
01:07:15,364 --> 01:07:18,701
If you've gone mad up in the tower,
you're not dreaming.
1148
01:07:19,618 --> 01:07:22,580
-It's such a honor…
-For me as well, know that.
1149
01:07:22,663 --> 01:07:25,416
Let's hope it's as beautiful
in real life as it is written.
1150
01:07:25,499 --> 01:07:26,834
Just like the text.
1151
01:07:28,252 --> 01:07:30,796
Shithole of a country
Exactly what the media likes
1152
01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:31,797
Gave us failure
1153
01:07:31,881 --> 01:07:34,383
And demands medals
From runners with compound fractures
1154
01:07:34,967 --> 01:07:39,096
Stabbed in the back
Quartered by dues and norms
1155
01:07:39,180 --> 01:07:43,392
But we numb ourselves and say that
Someday everything will be all right
1156
01:07:43,476 --> 01:07:46,520
That a diploma means manumission
And my color's not a uniform
1157
01:07:46,604 --> 01:07:48,439
#BlackLivesMatter, bravo
1158
01:07:48,522 --> 01:07:49,523
But after 80 bullets
1159
01:07:49,607 --> 01:07:53,360
You finally see the difference
Between fair skin and target skin
1160
01:07:53,444 --> 01:07:56,697
-And the shooter wore a uniform
-Once more
1161
01:07:56,781 --> 01:07:58,908
-The accusers weren't even there
-Mean-spirited
1162
01:07:58,991 --> 01:08:02,286
For a Black dead body
Is like a Billboard hit single
1163
01:08:02,369 --> 01:08:04,872
Everyone can see it
But that shit won't get through
1164
01:08:04,955 --> 01:08:07,291
I looked into the mirror
Icarus faced me back
1165
01:08:07,374 --> 01:08:10,127
{\an8}Be careful
Don't fly too close to the sun
1166
01:08:10,211 --> 01:08:11,796
They can't stand your freedom
1167
01:08:11,879 --> 01:08:14,715
Imagine seeing you as king
Vultures wanna see you a junkie
1168
01:08:14,799 --> 01:08:17,259
Just to go, "Told ya!"
In the end, we're all…
1169
01:08:17,343 --> 01:08:19,595
Ismália, Ismália
1170
01:08:20,262 --> 01:08:22,515
Ismália, Ismália
1171
01:08:23,599 --> 01:08:25,684
Ismália, Ismália
1172
01:08:25,768 --> 01:08:28,270
Reaching for the sky
Ended up on the ground
1173
01:08:28,354 --> 01:08:31,899
Every Black person is
Ismália, Ismália
1174
01:08:31,982 --> 01:08:34,652
-Ismália
-Ismália, Ismália
1175
01:08:34,735 --> 01:08:37,279
-Ismália
-Ismália, Ismália
1176
01:08:38,072 --> 01:08:41,325
Reaching for the sky
Ended up on the ground
1177
01:08:41,408 --> 01:08:42,827
First, kidnap them
1178
01:08:42,910 --> 01:08:45,246
Rob them
Lie about them
1179
01:08:45,329 --> 01:08:47,706
Deny their God, offend
Separate them
1180
01:08:47,790 --> 01:08:50,876
If one of those dreams dare to run
Stop it
1181
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:53,879
And let them argue
With the bullets that cuts through them
1182
01:08:53,963 --> 01:08:56,841
Man, unfortunately
In places where the sun feels hotter
1183
01:08:56,924 --> 01:09:00,219
"To slay it" still means
Just to fill another kid's coffin
1184
01:09:00,886 --> 01:09:03,180
Wanted to be a star
Became a medal for some jerk
1185
01:09:03,264 --> 01:09:06,058
Who happens to carry the same color
That killed their ancestors
1186
01:09:06,142 --> 01:09:09,311
A first paycheck
Two police uniforms
1187
01:09:09,395 --> 01:09:12,648
Three Black kids in the backseat
Same color as the four Racionais
1188
01:09:12,731 --> 01:09:15,526
Five disrupted lives
Gold and bronze boys
1189
01:09:15,609 --> 01:09:19,280
Gunshots, gunshots, gunshots
That little boy was shot 111 times
1190
01:09:19,363 --> 01:09:22,324
-And the shooter wore a uniform
-Ismália
1191
01:09:22,408 --> 01:09:24,827
Those who pointed fingers
Weren't even there
1192
01:09:24,910 --> 01:09:27,830
Black people dissolution
Along with the sharp vision of those
1193
01:09:27,913 --> 01:09:31,625
Who have everything but color
In a world where color matters the most
1194
01:09:32,459 --> 01:09:34,587
"When Ismália went mad
1195
01:09:35,171 --> 01:09:37,089
She got up the tower to dream
1196
01:09:39,592 --> 01:09:40,968
She saw the moon in the sky
1197
01:09:42,595 --> 01:09:44,346
Another moon in the sea
1198
01:09:45,264 --> 01:09:47,308
In the dream where she got lost
1199
01:09:47,975 --> 01:09:49,810
She bathed herself in moonlight
1200
01:09:50,603 --> 01:09:52,188
She wanted to climb to heaven
1201
01:09:53,355 --> 01:09:55,065
She wanted to go down to the sea
1202
01:09:56,400 --> 01:09:58,235
In her own raving
1203
01:09:59,028 --> 01:10:00,613
In the tower, she began to sing
1204
01:10:01,405 --> 01:10:02,948
She was close to heaven
1205
01:10:04,450 --> 01:10:05,784
She was far from the sea
1206
01:10:06,535 --> 01:10:09,997
And as an angel, she hung
1207
01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:11,749
With wings to fly
1208
01:10:11,832 --> 01:10:13,626
She wanted the moon from the sky
1209
01:10:14,251 --> 01:10:16,629
She wanted the moon from the sea
1210
01:10:16,712 --> 01:10:19,215
The wings God gave her
1211
01:10:19,298 --> 01:10:21,008
They fluttered wide
1212
01:10:23,093 --> 01:10:25,346
Her soul climbed to heaven
1213
01:10:26,430 --> 01:10:30,643
Her body went down to the sea"
1214
01:10:43,155 --> 01:10:46,492
The artists from the hills
were persecuted by all means possible.
1215
01:10:46,575 --> 01:10:49,995
The Brazilian state
quickly added to its legislation
1216
01:10:50,079 --> 01:10:53,791
an effective means to silence
the cultural wealth of our people
1217
01:10:53,874 --> 01:10:57,503
through a legal instrument
known as the Vagrancy Law,
1218
01:10:57,586 --> 01:11:01,090
used over the years
to jail samba and capoeira artists
1219
01:11:01,173 --> 01:11:03,884
and to crack down
on Candomblé and Umbanda.
1220
01:11:03,968 --> 01:11:06,512
{\an8}Back in the day,
I was arrested for holding a tamborim.
1221
01:11:06,595 --> 01:11:09,348
{\an8}I wasn't even playing it.
And I was arrested.
1222
01:11:09,431 --> 01:11:11,558
{\an8}Do you remember the decade?
1223
01:11:11,642 --> 01:11:13,143
{\an8}That was in '41.
1224
01:11:13,227 --> 01:11:17,273
{\an8}Back then, the police chief didn't allow
instruments with tension rods.
1225
01:11:17,356 --> 01:11:18,774
{\an8}SINGER AND DRUMMER DIRECTOR
1226
01:11:18,857 --> 01:11:21,902
{\an8}He said negroes
could use tension rods as weapons.
1227
01:11:21,986 --> 01:11:22,903
REPRESSING THE VAGRANCY - Police chief
recommendation to all deputies
1228
01:11:22,987 --> 01:11:24,363
And the same Vagrancy Law
1229
01:11:24,446 --> 01:11:29,326
was used to lock up sex workers
and persecute trans persons.
1230
01:11:29,410 --> 01:11:33,289
And the craziest part
is that this law is still in effect.
1231
01:11:33,372 --> 01:11:34,623
Magistrate protested against
the police chief
1232
01:11:34,707 --> 01:11:40,004
I'll be a vagrant
I'll be a vagrant
1233
01:11:40,087 --> 01:11:43,132
IT IS ABUSIVE TO LOCK UP
UNEMPLOYED CITIZENS
1234
01:11:43,215 --> 01:11:45,676
VAGRANCY LAW: THE FALSE NOTION
OF POLICE EFFICIENCY
1235
01:11:45,759 --> 01:11:47,845
{\an8}"AMARELO" MUSIC VIDEO SHOOT
Rio de Janeiro, 2019
1236
01:11:47,928 --> 01:11:50,723
{\an8}-Favela-dwellers don't walk around.
-You're in our home.
1237
01:11:50,806 --> 01:11:55,227
{\an8}Can you imagine if you set up an operation
when we're out shooting a music video,
1238
01:11:55,311 --> 01:11:57,229
and Emicida is caught in the crossfire?
1239
01:11:57,313 --> 01:11:58,522
It'd all go to shit.
1240
01:11:58,605 --> 01:12:00,524
You're so tall!
1241
01:12:00,607 --> 01:12:04,236
{\an8}I think that
we're bringing together our causes.
1242
01:12:04,320 --> 01:12:05,612
{\an8}SINGER - SINGER
1243
01:12:05,696 --> 01:12:08,282
{\an8}What I think we're doing, man,
1244
01:12:08,365 --> 01:12:10,117
is lifting the fog
1245
01:12:10,200 --> 01:12:13,245
that makes us
see our struggles as separate.
1246
01:12:13,329 --> 01:12:15,164
You can't half-ass the fight for freedom.
1247
01:12:15,247 --> 01:12:18,083
From the moment you
dive into a reflection about gender,
1248
01:12:18,167 --> 01:12:22,588
about class, and about race,
1249
01:12:22,671 --> 01:12:24,673
there are two ways you can go about it.
1250
01:12:24,757 --> 01:12:27,176
One's hypocritical,
you only think about yourself.
1251
01:12:27,259 --> 01:12:30,679
The other one is, "If we want this
for us, we want it for everybody."
1252
01:12:31,638 --> 01:12:33,474
-Am I in this part?
-Yes.
1253
01:12:33,557 --> 01:12:35,267
You and me.
1254
01:12:41,857 --> 01:12:46,195
When we come together,
we notice we have very similar stories
1255
01:12:46,278 --> 01:12:49,907
and that it's ridiculous
for us to be in separate movements.
1256
01:12:51,492 --> 01:12:54,036
I wanted to double one of Emicida's lines.
1257
01:12:54,119 --> 01:12:55,913
I think that's fierce.
1258
01:12:55,996 --> 01:12:57,122
This one, look.
1259
01:12:57,206 --> 01:13:01,085
He's challenging me like I'm new at this.
I'm a rapper, okay?
1260
01:13:04,254 --> 01:13:08,592
I attended an event
called Creators' House.
1261
01:13:09,176 --> 01:13:12,137
He did some shit with this song that…
1262
01:13:12,971 --> 01:13:14,681
gave me goosebumps.
1263
01:13:14,765 --> 01:13:16,141
{\an8}He got this trans girl…
1264
01:13:16,225 --> 01:13:17,142
{\an8}SINGER
1265
01:13:17,226 --> 01:13:21,397
{\an8}…to walk in and sing,
and she fucking smashed it.
1266
01:13:21,480 --> 01:13:24,775
She went down the catwalk alone,
singing these lyrics.
1267
01:13:25,359 --> 01:13:27,403
She'd stop
and look at everyone, repeating this…
1268
01:13:27,486 --> 01:13:30,697
Last year I died!
1269
01:13:30,781 --> 01:13:34,868
Not this year, though!
1270
01:13:37,246 --> 01:13:39,164
That hit me real hard.
1271
01:13:39,248 --> 01:13:44,336
I started to listen to Belchior on repeat,
and said, "How did I never realize it?"
1272
01:13:47,423 --> 01:13:51,635
{\an8}Just like a prism
decomposes white light into many colors,
1273
01:13:51,718 --> 01:13:57,015
{\an8}in AmarElo, I'd like to decompose
prejudice into many other possibilities.
1274
01:14:01,019 --> 01:14:05,149
This is our way of telling
our brothers and sisters on the streets
1275
01:14:05,232 --> 01:14:07,276
that they can't give up.
1276
01:14:07,359 --> 01:14:09,778
It's using the power of love,
1277
01:14:09,862 --> 01:14:13,740
which is something
all human beings can do,
1278
01:14:13,824 --> 01:14:14,992
to forge this link.
1279
01:14:15,075 --> 01:14:17,369
It's as if a portal opened,
1280
01:14:17,453 --> 01:14:20,330
and all the OGs that came before me said,
1281
01:14:20,414 --> 01:14:21,790
"Brother, get out there."
1282
01:14:21,874 --> 01:14:26,170
"Life only has meaning when we connect,
when we get together."
1283
01:14:26,253 --> 01:14:29,047
And the feeling of singing
with Majur and Pabllo
1284
01:14:29,131 --> 01:14:31,508
is that of the whole world
gathering around us.
1285
01:14:31,592 --> 01:14:34,595
Fela Kuti said that music is a weapon.
1286
01:14:34,678 --> 01:14:37,514
And busting these chains
of hate and resentment
1287
01:14:37,598 --> 01:14:41,477
is just what we do
when we join Belchior to sing this song.
1288
01:14:42,853 --> 01:14:47,441
Enough bleeding, enough crying
1289
01:14:48,192 --> 01:14:53,030
Last year I died
Not this year, though
1290
01:14:53,822 --> 01:14:58,619
Enough bleeding, enough crying
1291
01:14:59,453 --> 01:15:04,291
Last year I died
Not this year, though
1292
01:15:10,964 --> 01:15:13,634
I'm a rare breed
Shining in the dark
1293
01:15:13,717 --> 01:15:15,385
One of a kind
Straight from the hood
1294
01:15:15,469 --> 01:15:18,388
Hooded, from the top of the hill
Me and my brothers
1295
01:15:18,472 --> 01:15:20,390
My piece in my pocket
And ill-spirited
1296
01:15:20,474 --> 01:15:23,810
Only God and I know
How it feels to have nothing, to be exiled
1297
01:15:23,894 --> 01:15:26,438
Cut the world with rhymes
But thought of cutting my wrists
1298
01:15:26,522 --> 01:15:29,525
Our lives are measured by our wealth
We are worthless
1299
01:15:29,608 --> 01:15:33,070
It wasn't a hit
But a call for help this morning
1300
01:15:33,153 --> 01:15:35,948
{\an8}Man, resentment works like a tumor
It poisons the roots
1301
01:15:36,031 --> 01:15:38,617
{\an8}Where the audience
Only wants to be happy
1302
01:15:38,700 --> 01:15:40,369
Everyone's heads are in the clouds
1303
01:15:40,452 --> 01:15:43,497
Where the new trend is depression
Disguised as vacation trips
1304
01:15:43,580 --> 01:15:46,959
My grandmother used to say
It's real easy to hate the devil
1305
01:15:47,042 --> 01:15:48,544
Hard is living in hell
1306
01:15:48,627 --> 01:15:49,628
What we realize is
1307
01:15:49,711 --> 01:15:52,548
That the same old rotten empire
That never took you seriously
1308
01:15:52,631 --> 01:15:54,424
Also wants you to bite the dust
1309
01:15:54,508 --> 01:15:55,342
Fight back
1310
01:15:55,425 --> 01:15:59,972
Enough bleeding, enough crying
1311
01:16:00,973 --> 01:16:05,769
Last year I died
Not this year, though
1312
01:16:06,436 --> 01:16:10,732
Enough bleeding, enough crying
1313
01:16:11,942 --> 01:16:16,905
Last year I died
Not this year, though
1314
01:16:22,578 --> 01:16:27,291
Allow me to speak louder than my scars
1315
01:16:27,374 --> 01:16:33,547
They're just accessories
Shouldn't even be here
1316
01:16:33,630 --> 01:16:38,218
Allow me to speak louder than my scars
1317
01:16:38,302 --> 01:16:42,598
So much pain robbing us of our voices
You know what's left of us?
1318
01:16:42,681 --> 01:16:44,808
Walking targets on the streets
1319
01:16:44,891 --> 01:16:49,354
Allow me to speak louder than my scars
1320
01:16:49,438 --> 01:16:52,024
I wanna live, not just survive
1321
01:16:52,107 --> 01:16:55,527
If living is just surviving
I'm being robbed of my few good moments
1322
01:16:55,611 --> 01:17:00,449
At last, allow me to speak
Louder than my scars
1323
01:17:00,532 --> 01:17:04,328
The worst crime
Is to let my traumas define me
1324
01:17:04,411 --> 01:17:07,623
Doing so, we give our enemies a trophy
And silence ourselves
1325
01:17:07,706 --> 01:17:12,419
Enough bleeding, enough crying
1326
01:17:13,462 --> 01:17:18,091
Last year I died
Not this year, though
1327
01:17:18,884 --> 01:17:23,513
Enough bleeding, enough crying
1328
01:17:25,599 --> 01:17:29,478
Put your hands up, City Opera! Come on!
1329
01:17:30,312 --> 01:17:35,275
Enough bleeding, enough crying
1330
01:17:35,359 --> 01:17:40,614
Last year I died
Not this year, though
1331
01:17:41,239 --> 01:17:46,119
Enough bleeding, enough crying
1332
01:17:46,912 --> 01:17:51,792
Last year I died
Not this year, though
1333
01:18:14,856 --> 01:18:19,611
Last year I died
Not this year, though
1334
01:18:24,324 --> 01:18:25,909
BELIEVE IN YOUR AXÉ
1335
01:18:27,327 --> 01:18:29,037
City Opera…
1336
01:18:29,705 --> 01:18:31,540
Pabllo Vittar and Majur!
1337
01:18:56,565 --> 01:18:59,568
Laboratório Fantasma
is a collective dream.
1338
01:18:59,651 --> 01:19:03,864
One that began way before we
materialized in this plane of existence.
1339
01:19:04,990 --> 01:19:07,784
Wilson das Neves once said to us,
1340
01:19:07,868 --> 01:19:11,830
"You can snap a cigarette in half,
but not a whole pack."
1341
01:19:11,913 --> 01:19:14,416
That was his way of saying,
1342
01:19:14,499 --> 01:19:17,794
"Stick together and you'll stay strong."
1343
01:19:25,343 --> 01:19:28,180
{\an8}Shit like that strengthens
everything we stand for.
1344
01:19:28,263 --> 01:19:29,306
{\an8}SIBLING, ENTREPRENEUR
AND ASSOCIATE AT LABORATÓRIO FANTASMA
1345
01:19:29,389 --> 01:19:33,268
{\an8}And, standing stronger,
we can fight all them giant monsters.
1346
01:19:33,977 --> 01:19:35,729
But there's a minor detail.
1347
01:19:35,812 --> 01:19:37,397
A really minor one.
1348
01:19:37,481 --> 01:19:38,940
To be exact,
1349
01:19:39,024 --> 01:19:43,445
a microscopic detail was about to
do damage of Dantean proportions.
1350
01:19:43,528 --> 01:19:45,697
First confirmed deaths
due to the novel coronavirus…
1351
01:19:45,781 --> 01:19:47,407
Reached the mark of 10,000 deaths…
1352
01:19:47,491 --> 01:19:50,118
In Brazil, over 60,000 deaths…
1353
01:19:52,537 --> 01:19:54,706
This brings to light
the vulnerability of workers
1354
01:19:54,790 --> 01:19:58,210
who aren't being sent home
in this moment of social distancing.
1355
01:20:03,799 --> 01:20:05,717
Hey, man, good morning. How are you?
1356
01:20:05,801 --> 01:20:08,011
I don't have good news.
1357
01:20:08,094 --> 01:20:11,515
Things are getting
worse here in Brazil, you hear?
1358
01:20:11,598 --> 01:20:14,601
So I think we're gonna need
a complete change of plans.
1359
01:20:14,684 --> 01:20:16,561
I don't know yet how it's gonna be,
1360
01:20:16,645 --> 01:20:19,606
but we've already started
canceling concerts,
1361
01:20:19,689 --> 01:20:21,483
we've gotten cancelation requests.
1362
01:20:21,566 --> 01:20:22,484
CORONAVIRUS
WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY
1363
01:20:22,567 --> 01:20:27,280
And we're not going to
do Drik's European tour either.
1364
01:20:29,074 --> 01:20:34,162
And right now it's arriving here, bro.
1365
01:20:34,746 --> 01:20:38,458
Because the number of cases
is rising fast over there.
1366
01:20:40,126 --> 01:20:42,379
Let's see
how the next couple of days pan out,
1367
01:20:42,462 --> 01:20:45,257
but I wanted to let you know,
'cause things are tough.
1368
01:20:46,091 --> 01:20:48,176
And that's all. See you, bro.
1369
01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:52,973
Here's something very representative.
1370
01:20:53,473 --> 01:20:56,726
The first victim of coronavirus in Brazil
was a housekeeper.
1371
01:20:56,810 --> 01:20:58,603
She caught the virus from her employer.
1372
01:20:58,687 --> 01:21:01,273
That's quite symbolic.
1373
01:21:01,356 --> 01:21:03,441
Poor people get infected more easily,
1374
01:21:03,525 --> 01:21:06,695
and the social chasms
make it impossible for the poorest,
1375
01:21:06,778 --> 01:21:09,698
who are also more likely
to be people of color,
1376
01:21:09,781 --> 01:21:13,493
to recover from this disease.
That's what feels hopeless.
1377
01:21:19,583 --> 01:21:22,210
To the ancient Yoruba, nothing is new.
1378
01:21:22,794 --> 01:21:25,714
Everything that's
happening now has happened before.
1379
01:21:26,715 --> 01:21:29,759
So you have a pandemic caused by a virus
1380
01:21:29,843 --> 01:21:33,805
that's infected a massive
amount of people all over the planet,
1381
01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:36,766
spreading fear and insecurity,
1382
01:21:36,850 --> 01:21:39,060
and locking everybody up in their homes,
1383
01:21:39,144 --> 01:21:42,564
feeling uncertain
about one another and about the future.
1384
01:21:43,773 --> 01:21:47,777
When you think carefully
about the nature of things,
1385
01:21:48,403 --> 01:21:50,572
you are able to foresee stuff,
1386
01:21:50,655 --> 01:21:54,200
because one way or another,
nature always completes its cycles.
1387
01:21:54,284 --> 01:21:56,745
It spins around
like a record on a turntable.
1388
01:21:59,289 --> 01:22:01,374
We've traveled so much in time,
1389
01:22:01,458 --> 01:22:04,252
that I forgot
something important that I had to say.
1390
01:22:04,336 --> 01:22:06,922
Exactly one century ago,
1391
01:22:07,005 --> 01:22:10,383
the world was beginning to beat
the Spanish flu pandemic,
1392
01:22:10,467 --> 01:22:14,179
and a movie theater decided to hire
eight musicians to play in the lobby,
1393
01:22:14,262 --> 01:22:18,099
to get past people's fears
and get them to come inside.
1394
01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:22,312
These eight musicians
were our own Oito Batutas,
1395
01:22:22,395 --> 01:22:24,564
who would later take the world by storm.
1396
01:22:24,648 --> 01:22:28,318
Isn't it magical to think
that in a moment like that,
1397
01:22:28,401 --> 01:22:31,279
samba was the assuager of despair,
1398
01:22:31,363 --> 01:22:33,073
the ambassador of gatherings,
1399
01:22:33,156 --> 01:22:35,325
smiles, and hugs?
1400
01:22:36,076 --> 01:22:39,162
And that's why I love the saying,
1401
01:22:39,663 --> 01:22:42,332
"With the stone he threw today,
1402
01:22:42,415 --> 01:22:45,210
Eshu killed a bird yesterday."
1403
01:22:46,544 --> 01:22:51,174
Every single chance we have
to fix the disconnects of the past
1404
01:22:51,257 --> 01:22:52,592
resides in the present.
1405
01:22:54,094 --> 01:22:57,263
And that, my friend,
is why it's all for yesterday.
1406
01:23:06,481 --> 01:23:10,110
All, all, all
All we have is each other
1407
01:23:10,193 --> 01:23:13,863
All, all, all
All we have is
1408
01:23:13,947 --> 01:23:17,534
All, all, all
All we have is each other
1409
01:23:17,617 --> 01:23:21,079
All, all, all
All we have is
1410
01:23:21,162 --> 01:23:25,041
All, all, all
All we have is each other
1411
01:23:25,125 --> 01:23:28,837
All, all, all
All we have is
1412
01:23:28,920 --> 01:23:32,424
All, all, all
All we have is each other
1413
01:23:32,507 --> 01:23:36,219
All, all, all
All we have is
1414
01:23:36,302 --> 01:23:40,265
All, all, all
All we have is each other
1415
01:23:40,348 --> 01:23:43,935
All, all, all
All we have is
1416
01:23:44,019 --> 01:23:47,439
All, all, all
All we have is each other
1417
01:23:47,522 --> 01:23:51,192
All, all, all
All we have is
1418
01:23:51,276 --> 01:23:54,988
All, all, all
All we have is each other
1419
01:23:55,071 --> 01:23:59,075
All, all, all
All we have is
1420
01:23:59,159 --> 01:24:02,620
All, all, all
All we have is each other
1421
01:24:02,704 --> 01:24:06,583
All, all, all
All we have is
1422
01:24:14,758 --> 01:24:17,719
It marks what the 21st century is about,
1423
01:24:17,802 --> 01:24:20,680
which is the present moment
1424
01:24:20,764 --> 01:24:25,643
when we're giving Black women more
visibility, strength and encouragement.
1425
01:24:25,727 --> 01:24:28,730
We're testifying the blossoming today
1426
01:24:28,813 --> 01:24:31,149
of what Mrs. Ruth de Souza
planted decades ago.