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NCLAFF: TROPICALIA

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Saturday, October 11, 2014
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Nelson Mandela Auditorium. UNC-Chapel Hill. 4.00pm. TROPICALIA. Marcelo Machado / Brazil / 2012 / 87 min. Portuguese and English with English subtitles. This carefully researched film investigates the cultural movement dubbed Tropicália, which began in Brazil during the 1960s as a reaction to the popular music and nationalism of the period. Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé and others mull over their experiences from that time, while magnificent archive footage brings to life the sheer inventiveness and political reach of "Tropicalism.¿ Latin American Film Festival (Free and open to the public)