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CATEGORIES: SPECIAL OCCASION;TRAVEL;APPOINTMENT
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SUMMARY:Rio, Northern Zone - FILMMAKER IN PERSON!
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: Rio, Northern Zone - FILMMAKER IN PERSON!=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441591879=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2012-05-04=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2012-05-04=0D=0A=0D=0ASetting up the gracefully jarring dichotomies that disrupt dos Santos' otherwise “traditional” film, the opening credit montage features the discovery of a body on the train tracks while a cookie-cutter Hollywood soundtrack idly plays. The injured man is Espírito da Luz Cardoso (literally “Spirit of the Light”), a struggling composer whose sambas unite and uplift the marginalized Brazilian people in his midst. Based on the life of composer Zé Keti – who actually appears in the film as the popular singer Alaor – Espírito's story unfolds through flashbacks which overflow luxuriously with song, yet also expose the manifold divisions within Rio's social strata. A victim of exploitive businessmen who suck the life out of his music, Espírito witnesses each of his dreams dashed one at a time by unrelenting tragedy. Apparently oblivious to his inherent goodness and irrepressible joy, the plot of the film – much like capitalism's surge through 1950s Rio de Janiero – boldly charges forward leaving true beauty and vitality lying upon its tracks.=0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:7:00 pm
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