Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção 1975

Directed by Tânia Quaresma · Documentary · 68 min

Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.