João Donato

João Donato

Movies for João Donato...

They Shot the Piano Player
Title: They Shot the Piano Player
Character: Self (voice)
Released: October 6, 2023
Type: Movie
New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.
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Dolores Duran: O Coração da Noite
Title: Dolores Duran: O Coração da Noite
Character: Self
Released: June 15, 2023
Type: Movie
With a short and intense life, Dolores Duran left her name in the pantheon of great names in Brazilian music. Living in a time when women had to follow strict moral standards, Dolores had no doubts: she spent the night in bars and parties, drank, smoked and allowed herself to be free to relate to whoever she wanted, challenging the macho structure of the 1950s. With many archival footage and testimonials from friends, family and ex-boyfriends, the film tells the story of an important and little-remembered character.
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Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
Title: Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 2020
Type: Movie
A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries and testimonies, this documentary reveals his influence and the artistic conflicts of an avant-garde artist in the golden age of Brazilian radio.
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Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
Title: Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
Character: Self
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Singer, composer, actor and painter, Dorival Caymmi was a multiple artist, but what they may not know is his pioneering work in introducing candomblé into Brazilian popular music. Recreating in a poetic way concepts present in Caymmi's work and life, the documentary revelation of the artist from his own lines, mined in old magazines.
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Where Are You, João Gilberto?
Title: Where Are You, João Gilberto?
Character: Himself
Released: May 5, 2018
Type: Movie
Where are you, João Gilberto? sets out in the footsteps of German writer Marc Fischer who obsessively searched for the legendary founding father of Bossa Nova and last great musical legend of our time, Brazilian musician João Gilberto, who has not been seen in public for decades. Fischer described his journey in a book, Hobalala, but committed suicide one week before it was published. By taking up Marc Fischer's quest, following his steps one by one, thanks to all the clues he left us, we pursue João Gilberto to understand the history, the very soul and essence of Bossa Nova. But who can tell whether we will meet him or not?
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Title: O Nome Dela é Gal
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2017
Type: TV
A four-part biography on the life of the Brazilian singer Gal Costa, from her humble beginning singing in the streets of Salvador, where she became friends with many artists who would be other great names in Brazilian music in the following decades to her 50th career anniversary in 2015.
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Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Title: Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Character: Self
Released: April 19, 2017
Type: Movie
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Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi
Title: Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi
Released: April 21, 2011
Type: Movie
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Nasci Para Bailar - Havana/Rio
Title: Nasci Para Bailar - Havana/Rio
Released: March 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Sixty years ago the pianist and arranger Brazilian Joao Donato meets with friends musicians to play and turn those moments into historical performances. The habit began in the late 1940s, when the acriano Donato newly arrived to Rio. Born into a musical family, his father was a major, airplane pilot and mandolin, his mother liked to sing and brother planned to be a concert pianist, he decided to learn piano instrument closer to that which dominated the accordion. Hence to attend meetings at the home of Dick Farney in the early bossa nova was a leap.
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Joyce Live - Show of Fourth Years
Title: Joyce Live - Show of Fourth Years
Character: Player
Released: February 1, 2008
Type: Movie
The DVD originated in an unforgettable encounter of MPB (Braziliam Popular Music) icons in a show held in the theater of FECAP in São Paulo, Brazil. Names like Roberto Menescal, João Donato, Dori Caymmi, Monica Salamso, Zé Renato, his daughters Clara Moreno and Ana Martins, Leila Pinheiro and Francis Hime participated as Joyce's guests at the event, which coincides with the year in which the Bossa Nova turns 50 years of existence.
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Title: O Som do Vinil
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 2007
Type: TV
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Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Title: Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
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Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
Title: Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 1983
Type: Movie
A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months before his death.