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Soul Jazz Records presents Sound + Image: Music in Film
Simply one of the best films ever about Brazil with the best music ever! A fantastic film based on the play by Brazilian poet, diplomat, singer Vinicius de Moraes is a modern (in 1959) reinterpretation of the myth Orpheus which simultaneously celebrates the beauty, music and people of Brazil.The music for the film created by Moraes, Antonio Tom Jobim and Luis Bonfa signifies the birth of Bossa Nova with some of the most beautiful songs ever heard. Orpheus is a streetcar conductor and Carnival dancer betrothed to the determined Mira but in love with Eurydice. As Mira and Death himself pursue the doomed Orpheus and his lover through the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Carnival literally brings the streets to life.
Here you will hear samba, batucada, witness authentic Candomble religious ceremonies, the beauty of Brazil and more in this incredible tale set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Black Orpheus won the Palme d’Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.
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Soul Jazz Records curates this season of music-related films – from Motown and Civil Rights Jazz to Reggae, Brazilian Bossa Nova, Jean-Luc Godard's groundbreaking Rolling Stones documentary and more. All of these films rely heavily on the relationship between music, film, politics and society. More importantly - they're all wicked!
Soul Jazz Records' founder Stuart Baker will introduce each of the films and Soul Jazz Records’ Soundsystem DJ’s in the bar before and after each screening!
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Complete list of this Soul Jazz Records season of film screenings at Regent Street Cinema, London Wednesdays throughout August 2015 here
The new Regent Street Cinema is 2 minutes from Oxford Circus tube. See details here