A Night in 67 (2010)

If you thought TV shows in which audiences and juries judge musical acts were a relatively new phenomenon, you’d better think again. In the 1970s, such “festivals” were incredibly popular in Brazil. They were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name star, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Gil. Appearing on such a program was no cakewalk, however: audiences could be as wild in their condemnation as in their appreciation of an artist. Extensive archive footage (including performances and behind-the-scenes interviews) from a turbulent final of the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music one evening in 1967 paints a fascinating picture, not only of the transformation of Brazilian music into real “festival” music, but also of a society starting to buck against the yoke of military rule.
Renato Terra, Ricardo Calil
Solano Ribeiro, Paulinho Machado de Carvalho, Sônia Ribeiro, Blota Jr., Sérgio Cabral, Zuza Homem de Mello, Chico de Assis, Sérgio Ricardo, Roberto Carlos, Nelson Motta, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Rita Lee, Sérgio Dias, Arnaldo Baptista, Edu Lobo, Marília Medalha
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