Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção
★★★★★
Portuguese / 68 MIN. / 1975
The Genres
The Synopsis
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.