Brazilica 2017 Brochure

LIVERPOOL’S INTERNATIONAL SAMBA CARNIVAL PIER HEAD VILLAGE STAGE & CITY CENTRE CARNIVAL PARADE

10th anniversary

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WELCOME

OU R S P ON SORS FUNDED BY:

WELCOME TO BRAZILICA 2017 OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR. This year we’ve teamed up with The Pierhead Village to host our mainstage on Saturday 15th July. We have some great bands showcasing a huge range of Brazilian music to keep you dancing from 12 midday until 10pm. The night time parade starts at 8pm from Abercromby Square through the city to the end at Williamson Square.

There’s a host of fringe events to get you in the carnival spirit, from exhibitions to film, pop up performances and club nights and of course the ever popular carnival Queen competition.

We need to say a huge thank you to all our funders, sponsors, venues, volunteers and to all the samba bands who take part to make Brazilica such a special event.

For all the latest details and updates check out our Facebook, Twitter and website:

P RES S EN Q UI RI ES

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Have a great festival and thank you for all your support.

Maeve Morris - Festival Director Liverpool Carnival Company

Bill Elms Associates 15 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ 0151 708 5158 bill@billelms.com

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Registered Charity No: 1123036 Company Registration: 6208453 Registered Office Address: 7th Floor Cotton House, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9TX

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FRINGE EVENTS CAMP & FURNACE GREENLAND ST, BALTIC QUARTER L1 0BY

FRINGE EVENTS

FRIDAY 23RD JUNE

BOLD STREET

NIGHTGARDEN BRAZILICA SPECIAL

LIVERPOOL

Designed to disorientate and delight, NIGHTGARDEN combines food, drink, art and performance, where nature meets technology head on. Latin DJ’s samba performances and fabulous food from Maray.

MERAKI

3 DICKSON ST, LIVERPOOL L3 7EB

SATURDAY 24TH JUNE

ALBERT DOCK, LIVERPOOL

Lexus Blondin graces Liverpool’s newest dance venue Meraki. Lex is behind London’s Church of Sound an event nominated for the Jazz FM ‘Live Experience of the Year Award 2017’. He’s Joined by Ranga who’s revitalising the world music scene in Liverpool with the team from Wide Open £3 on the door.

CAMP & FURNACE GREENLAND ST, BALTIC QUARTER L1 0BY

WEDNESDAY 28TH JUNE

LARK LANE, LIVERPOOL

Screening of the classic Palme d’Or award winning film Orfeu Negro.

7.30pm - Free Entry - See film pages for details

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SATURDAY 8TH JULY

CARNIVAL COSTUME EXHIBITION

Carnival Costume Exhibition at the International Slavery Museum Albert Dock.

Screening Black Brazil - 2.30pm - Free Entry - See film pages for details All Day - Free Entry

KEITH’S WINE BAR

FILM SCREENING ORFEU NEGRO

SOUL OF BOLD

World set up on Bold St for a Brazilian special during independence weekend.

DJ Rogerconga - DJ Ranga - DJ Louis Gardiner - DJ Harvey From 1pm onwards - Free Entry

INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY MUSEUM

WIDE OPEN REAL LIQUID DANCE

SATURDAY 1ST JULY

THURSDAY 13TH JULY

DJ RANGA & DJ ROGERCONGA

World set up their Wide Open sound system at Keith’s Wine Bar Lark Lane.

Dj Ranga joined by Rogerconga. Keith’s dimming the lights for this one.

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CARNIVAL QUEEN COMPETITION

FRIDAY 14TH JULY | STARTS 8PM | PANAM ALBERT DOCK GUEST APPEARANCE FROM ALEH FERREIRA Samba dancers from across the UK take part in front of our panel of judges to compete for the title of Brazilica Carnival Queen 2017. Join us and our host Ellie Phillips for a night filled with great music and dance as last year’s winner Paris hands over her crown to our new Queen who will lead the samba schools in Saturdays parade.

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PIERHEAD MAINSTAGE BRAZILICA BANDS SATURDAY 15TH JULY - 12-10PM

AFROSAMBA Are a UK based band paying homage to the great names of afro-brazilian jazz, samba and bossa nova. Fronted by Brazilian Born Pilo Adami the band comprises seasoned musicians from Brazil, Mozambique and the UK. Afrosamba mix traditional and original songs with their own unique blend of Brazilian funk and samba.

papaJACA papaJACA is an Afro-Brazilian power fusion band who play a variety of Brazilian rhythms with their own compositions! Led by the Bahian percussionist Claudio kron do BRAZIL, papaJACA band brings music to make you dance. Each song is a journey to Brazilian culture, celebrating the elements of nature, lives, history of Brazilian indigenous peoples and African culture. The band melt the world of Brazil’s powerful rhythms in their music. Played with passion to bring you the flavour of music heard on the streets of Bahia, Rio or Sao Paulo. Instrumentation: Bass, Guitars, Berimbau, Pandeiro, Timbau, Congas, Surdos, Tamborins, Triangles, Timbales, Timbau and effects.

SUÉLI GIL

BIXIGA 70

Suéli Gil comes from the sunny town of Portimao, Portugal. As a vocalist and songwriter, she is strongly influenced by the Bossa Nova and MPB. In the last week of July, Suéli is finishing her E.P. recording with one of the best musicians in Portugal, Tuniko Goulart.

BIXIGA 70 JOIN US FROM THEIR EUROPEAN TOUR Bixiga 70 have propelled themselves to the forefront of Brazil’s contemporary instrumental music scene. Named after the cultural melting pot of their home base in São Paulo’s Bixiga neighbourhood plus a tip of their hats to the inspiration of Fela Kuti’s Afrika 70, the ten musicians from diverse backgrounds operate as a collective, sharing composer credits and running their own recording studio.

Their 2014 album Ocupai gained them international attention and tours in Europe, the US and Morocco. Their latest album III is on the redoubtable Glitterbeat label, a luminous mix that posits an irresistible argument for having a good time.

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SAM Q’S NIGHT PATROL Sam Q’s Night patrol are exporting Bossa Nova from Manchester to Brazil, their own unique Latino sound is being well received worldwide with 3 current chart positions of originals in Afro/Latin Charts - Recent album “Love Spring Fountains’’ has an array of Brazilian musicians featured, including legendary Gibi Dossantos - Ex John Lennon US Manager Bruce Replogle comments “Sam Q’s Nightpatrol are The Beatles of Bossa Nova”.

ALEH FERREIRA Singer / songwriter Aleh moved from Rio to London to work on the launch of his new album. The artist, who brings the influence of Jorge Benjor, Tim Maia, Marvin Gaye and Bob Marley, has his own musical style, that can be defined as Brazilian Soul. Aleh started his career opening The Wailer’s tour in Brazil and became known through his soundtracks for films, Brazilian TV shows and national and international serials.

For Brazilica, Aleh will play with his band formed by Brazilian, Italian and English musicians. A musical Partner of Brazilian artists like Ana Carolina, Seu Jorge, Marcelo Yuka, as a singer with Banda Black Rio and recorded by the singer Daniela Mercury, Aleh has won international attention and toured in Spain, France, England, Estonia, Finland and South Africa.

This is an opportunity to take part of the new Brazilian music that has arrived in UK through the voice of this contemporary artist.

Cris Scabello guitar / Daniel Nogueira saxophone / Daniel Gralha trumpet / Décio 7 drums / Doug Bone trombone / Gustávo Cék percussion / Marcelo Dworecki double bass/ Mauricio Fleury keyboard & guitar / Cuca Ferreira saxophone / Rômulo Nardes percussion

Programme correct at time of print, check Facebook, Twitter or the website for updates and additional performances.

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ROUTE MAP

BROWNLOW HILL

MOUNT PLEASANT

LIVERPOOL LIME ST

VICTORIA ST

FINISH

WILLIAMSON SQUARE

RUSSELL ST

COPPERAS HILL

WHITECHAPEL

ST JOHNS SHOPPING CENTRE

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CHURCH ST

BROWNLOW HILL GROVE ST

LIME ST

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MOUNT PLEASANT

RANELAGH ST

OXFORD ST

RODNEY ST LIVERPOOL CENTRAL

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LIVERPOOL ONE

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ROSCOE ST

BOLD ST

HOPE ST

FLEET ST

HANOVER ST

MULBERRY ST WOOD ST

PARR ST

SLATER ST

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DUKE ST

ROSCOE ST

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GROVE ST

MYRTLE ST

HARDMAN ST

SEEL ST

RODNEY ST ARGYLE ST

ABERCROMBY SQUARE

HOPE ST

CATHARINE ST

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PARADE BANDS

BAQUE OGUN Are joining us from Durham. Expect fast paced foot stomping Carnival fun. The band are joined by musicians from Recife, part of a collaborative project between the UK and Brazil.

WORLDWISE SAMBA DRUMMERS & PRESTON SAMBA DANCERS

PARAISO SCHOOL OF SAMBA Led by artists who grew up in the Rio samba community. The continuing involvement of their principal artists with major samba schools in Rio de Janeiro ensures the samba culture they bring to the UK is uniquely authentic. www.paraisosamba.co.uk

G.R.E.S CIDADE BRILHANTE The Brighton School of Samba (BSS) was formed in May 2007 as a non-profit organisation.

Created in the traditional structure of the Rio Samba Schools, Cidade Brilhante is committed to community values and an inclusive policy. The School brings a taste of the vibrant Rio Carnival to the streets of Brighton and beyond for members, audiences and the wider community. Joined for Brazilica by members of the newly formed Leeds Samba school. www.brightonschoolofsamba.org.uk

The Worldwise Samba Drummers and Preston Samba Dancers are community groups based in Preston. They meet once a week in the UCLan Media Factory and perform at events around Lancashire. These groups are supported by the Something for Everyone project and the Contemporary Arts Development Group at the University of Central Lancashire. www.uclan.ac.uk/somethingforeveryone

GRUPO SAMBAFRIQ Play Samba, Samba Reggae, Afoxe, Maracatu, Afro bloco, Coco and other styles from various parts of Brasil. www.sambafriq.org

WIRRAL SCHOOL OF SAMBA (OXIRIS) Performing and delivering workshops for 13 years. They’re a true community band. www.wirral-samba.co.uk

KATUMBA With a unique sound, colourful look and with up to 70 drummers, Katumba artfully fuses traditional Brazilian rhythms and modern beats, combined with high impact choreography.

BATALA MERSEY Is an international movement formed by Bahian percussionist Giba Goncalves Now in it’s 20th year there are bands all over the world playing the same unmistakeable rhythms.

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SOM DE MEIO

Three bands from the Midlands, Birmingham - Bloco Louco, Derby -Calidoscopio and Leamington Spa - Sambassadors of Groove join forces for the Brazilica parade.

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LIVERPOOL SAMBA SCHOOL Formed way back in 1995 and are the team behind Brazilica. Call in and see us at our HQ, The Old Library Lodge Lane where the costumes and floats are made and stored.

MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF SAMBA Manchester School of Samba (MSS), the first Samba School in the NW of England, formed in March 1995 to foster the appreciation of Brazilian Carnival culture through rhythm, melody, dance and costumes. MSS have provided an often life enhancing introduction to percussion and dance for hundreds of people as well as an opportunity for some to build on their knowledge and strengths, be inspired and make it part of their life.

ARCO IRIS Based in Cambridge, Arco Iris play the hottest and loudest of Brazilian rhythms, performances range from glittering carnival parades and storming club nights to community and charity events and music festivals. www.arcoiris.org.uk

KARAMBA Karamba Samba! (originally Chester’s School of Samba) are a community band of around 25 players from all walks of life and have been performing and spreading the word about samba in the Chester area for many years

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AFTER PARTY AT THE CAMP & FURNACE TICKETS £5

SATURDAY 15TH JULY | 10PM - 4AM IF THE LONG DAY’S CARNIVAL ANTICS WEREN’T ENOUGH FOR ALL YOU SAMBA LOVERS, GET DOWN TO THE OFFICIAL BRAZILICA AFTER PARTY AT THE CAMP AND FURNACE C AR N I VAL D J ’ S - LI VE M U SI C - STR EET FO O D - C AI PI R I N HAS

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FILMS

BLACK BRAZIL

CORPO ELÉTRICO / ELECTRIC BODY

Saturday 8th July | 2.30pm | Free Entry Liverpool International Slavery Museum Old Edge Hill Library, Lodge Lane, Liverpool L8 0QH 2015 | DOCUMENTARY | 15 | 52 MIN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES DIR. ANGÈLE BERLAND

Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery in 1888. In today’s Brazilian society, many continue to experience racial discrimination. Construction work undertaken for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games revealed the vestiges of the past and the struggles of today.

NISE - O CORAÇÃO DA LOUCURA NISE: THE HEART OF MADNESS

ORFEU NEGRO / BLACK ORPHEUS Wednesday 19th July | 7.30pm | Free Entry Wednesday 28th June | 7.30pm | Free Entry (Reservation via Fact box office) Camp & Furnace FACT - 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ 67 Greenland St, Liverpool, L1 0BY 2015 | DRAMA | 15 | 110 MIN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES 1959 | DRAMA | PG | 120 MIN DIR. ROBERTO BERLINER PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES DIR. MARCEL CAMUS Black Orpheus is the 1959 film by Marcel Camus, recreating the Orpheus and Eurydice Greek myth set in the favelas of Rio during carnival. Young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnival, on the run from her ex-lover, disguised as the Angel of Death and Orfeu’s vengeful fiancée Mira. Orpheus is ready to sacrifice all to claim his love. A multi-award winner, including the 1959 Palme d’Or at Cannes. The film introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by Antonio Carlos Jobim. A classic film to (re)discover.

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Multi award winner for best fiction feature, one of the highlights of this year’s selection.

A miracle happened in Brazil in the 1950’s.

Museums opened their doors to artists nobody ever heard of. Critics ranked the painters amongst the best Brazilian artists of the century and that this explosion of art and beauty was a sign that something comparable to the renaissance was happening in Rio de Janeiro. Behind this miracle there was no art academy, patron or dealer, only a psychiatrist, ridiculed by her colleagues, and a painting studio at a mental hospital, in the outskirts of town. The artists were schizophrenic, poor, hospitalized for decades, abandoned by their families and hopeless according to their doctors. This film tells the story of this “Miracle” and the life of this rebellious, frail and engaging psychiatrist: Dra. Nise da Silveira.

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Thursday 20th July | 7.30pm | Free Entry Brazilica Barracão - Old Edge Hill Library, Lodge Lane, Liverpool L8 0QH 2017 | DRAMA | 18 | 95 MIN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES DIR. MARCELO CAETANO

Marcelo Caetano’s feature debut discusses racial and sexual diversity, with young Brazilian’s trying to explore their natures and identities freely in a society that is making life increasingly difficult for LGBT people.

23 year old Elias works in a clothing factory as an assistant designer. As a gay man, he seems to keep a professional distance between his colleagues and his own discreet behaviour. He invites his colleagues on nocturnal excursions in order to get to know the newcomer better. At first more restrained, Elias manifests his poignant sexuality as he receives the approval of work colleagues, a tolerant and diverse group.

PITANGA Friday 21st July | 7.30pm | Free Entry Brazilica Barracão - Old Edge Hill Library, Lodge Lane, Liverpool L8 0QH 2017 | DOCUMENTARY | 15 | 90 MIN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES DIR. BETO BRANT, CAMILA PITANGA

JONAS Saturday 22nd July | 3.00pm | Free Entry Unit 51 - Baltic Creative, Jamaica Street, Liverpool L1 0AF 2016 | DRAMA, ROMANCE, THRILLER | 15 | 90 MIN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES DIR. LÔ POLITI

This drama set against the visually spectacular backdrop of Brazil’s São Paolo at carnival time won the Special Jury Prize at the Rio film festival. Jonas, son of the maid in the family of Branca, who knew each other as children and meet again after many years and social barriers have kept them apart. Jonas now hangs out with his younger half-brother, whilst helping out with preparations for carnival and delivers drugs for Dandao. When Branca returns to the area, Jonas is instantly smitten. Drunk after being rejected by her at the carnival, he follows her to her parent’s home and is horrified to see her with Dandao.

MENINO 23 / BOY 23 Tuesday 25th July | 7.30pm | Free Entry Brazilica Barracão - Old Edge Hill Library, Lodge Lane, Liverpool L8 0QH 2016 | DOCUMENTARY | PG | 79 MIN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES DIR. BELISARIO FRANCA

During the 1930’s, fifty black and mulatto boys were taken from an orphanage in Rio de This UK premiere explores the aesthetical, Janeiro to a farm near São Paulo where bricks political and existential journey of actor marked with Nazi swastikas were found. There Antonio Pitanga, in a Brazilian society the boys were identified by numbers and were that has gone through profound societal submitted to slave labor by a family that was and political revolutions. In more than 55 part of the political and economic elite of years of his career, actor Antonio Pitanga the country and who did not hide their Nazi was featured in some of the most artistic sympathizing ideals. At age 83, two survivors moments of Brazilian cinema, especially of this Brazilian tragedy, Aloísio Silva (the “boy during the Cinema Novo period. He worked 23”) and Argemiro Santos, as well as José with filmmakers such as Glauber Rocha, Cacá Alves de Almeida’s (“boy 2”) family, tell their Diegues, Walter Lima Jr. His testimony is a stories for the first time. genuine reflection of Brazilian society.

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MUNDO CÃO / IN DOG’S WORDS Wednesday 26th July | 7.30pm | Free Entry (Reservation via Fact box office) FACT - 88 Wood Street, Liverpool, L1 4DQ 2016 | FICTION, DRAMA | 15 | 93 MIN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES DIR. MARCOS JORGE

Revenge is a dish best served cold in São Paulo.

Santana (Babu Santana) works as a dogcatcher, picking up stray animals. He is a friendly guy, averse to trouble, who has always kept violence away from the doorsteps of his home. One day, he catches a Rottweiler, that of Nenê (Lázaro Ramos), a former police officer who makes fortune with shady deals.

But according to the law, the dog cannot be returned. From that meeting, the lives of Santana and his family will change forever.

O SOM AO REDOR / NEIGHBOURING SOUNDS Friday 28th July | 7.30pm | Free Entry Brazilica Barracão - Old Edge Hill Library, Lodge Lane, Liverpool L8 0QH 2013 | DRAMA, THRILLER | 15 | 131 MIN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES DIR. KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO

A palpable sense of unease hangs over a single city block in the coastal town of Recife, Brazil. Home to prosperous families and the servants who work for them, the area is ruled by an aging patriarch and his sons. When a private security firm is reluctantly brought in to protect the residents from a recent spate of petty crime, it unleashes the fears, anxieties and resentments of a divided society still haunted by its troubled past.

FAVELA GAY - IN ASSOCIATION WITH LIVERPOOL PRIDE Tuesday 1st August | 7.30pm | Free Entry Brazilica Barracão - Old Edge Hill Library, Lodge Lane, Liverpool L8 0QH 2014 | DOCUMENTARY | 18 | 72 MIN PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUB-TITLES DIR. RODRIGO FELHA

Favela Gay tells the story of eleven individuals in their own words. Living in eight slums (favelas) in Rio de Janeiro, these members of the LGBTQ community diverse in gender identity and professions have fought prejudice and seen some of the most unsavoury sides of the city. The stigma attached with coming out as LGBTQ anywhere in the world remains difficult, and Rio’s favelas are no exception. Favela Gay is also a story of individuals who find selfempowerment in the face of a society that does not empower them.

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