Artes Visuais unveils the trajectory of essential contemporary art creators such as Vik Muniz, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Flávio de Carvalho, Tomie Ohtake, OSGEMEOS and Geraldo de Barros.
Through the voice of the artists themselves or the interpretation and analysis of experts, the viewer is taken on a guided visit through studios and exhibitions, in addition to getting to know the backstage of the collections of the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo and events such as the Bienal de São Paulo and the Panorama of Brazilian Art at the Museu de Arte Moderna.
Directed by CAVA VICALVI
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Sesc Jazz’s fourth edition took place on october 2022 in a series of concerts, virtual activities and training sessions with both national and international artists. The festival brought together 20 different attractions in 54 concerts presented in 5 different cities, and some of the concerts were specially recorded for SescTV, such as Exploding Star Orchestra (US), Andre Christovam (BR), Abajur (BR+FR), Ilessi & Alaide Costa (BR), Suzana Baca (PE), Nicole Mitchell (US), Quarteto Negro (BR), Stracho Temelkovsk (FR), Orchestra Rumpilezz (BR) and Laercio de Freitas (BR).
Directed by DANIEL PEREIRA
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Based on the research from several archives, the series presents a collage of photographs, paintings, drawings, graphics and internet memes with excerpts from films, videos and choreographic works by artists from Brazil and other countries.
História de Gestos is based on the book Histoires de Gestes, written by Isabelle Launay and Marie Glon, and it proposes a journey through some well-known – but rarely questioned – gestures.
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Directed by Elisabete Finger
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histories of gestures
How iconic addresses all over the Brazilian landscape came to be and how did they change over the decades?
Arcos da Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro, Vale do Anhangabau, in São Paulo and Instituto Inhotim, in Minas Gerais, are somes of the landmarks reviewed through historical images and interviews with architects, historians, artists and residents.
The first season highlights public and private spaces, and the second season focuses on the subversion of those spaces by the citie’s inhabitants.
Directed by Paulo Markun and Sergio Roizenblit
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Shot during Circos - International Circus Festival, run by Sesc São Paulo, the documentary mixes first-person accounts and live performances from multiple countries, and provides a panoramic view of the circus arts, presenting their origins, trajectories, and the difference between traditional and contemporary shows.
Directed by daniela cucchiarelli
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it’s a circus
In 3 short films, the public follows unique stories about brazilian football:
In Raised by football, a boy travels to watch, for the first time, a Santos futebol clube match at the stadium.
In Commercial F.C.: The ghost team, the trajectory of a historic team, which helped to found the São Paulo football federation, and today is just a memory for sports journalists, researchers and players.
And An american poet follows the passion of brazilian poet João Cabral de Melo Neto, famous for his literary production and also for his love for America Futebol Clube, a team from the state of Pernambuco.
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giorgetti, lina chamie, lírio ferreira
Series of five documentaries that combine live performances recordings, interviews and historical research, and brings the audience the opportunity to know in depth the characteristics of each instrument and its role within an orchestra. Each film is named after its main theme: Percussão, a origem da música (Percussion, the origin of the music), O exército dos metais (The brass army), A democracia das madeiras (The wood democracy), A família das cordas (The strings family) and Piano, uma história de 300 anos (Piano, a 300-year story).
Directed by MARCELO MACHADO
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Based on the “prisons that set free” in Eduardo Coutinho’s movies, the movie turns the game upside down and places the greatest brazilian cinema interviewer in front of the cameras for an interview conducted by Carlos Nader. Director Nader counted on Coutinho’s faithful crew for the movie production, conducted solely in one day, going through his career as a filmmaker and his thoughts about the art of making documentaries.
Directed by carlos nader
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Focusing on the importance of indigenous political leaders in the struggle for the defense of territories, the documentary presents the indigenous protagonism in the political struggle for their rights in different regions of the country, and proposes a reflection on the processes of articulation of these leaderships, their different forms of organization and their interactions both with internal structures in their communities, as well as with non-indigenous political structures.
Directed by marina herrero
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Biography of one of the greatest brazilian intellectuals: Antonio Candido de Mello e Souza.
Candido's work impacted historiography and literary criticism in Brazil, and continues to be essential in the training of students and professionals. In 2009, his granddaughter, journalist Maria Clara Vergueiro, recorded four lunches at the critic's apartment; from these affectionate encounters, the film shows the most intimate side of this beloved professor who taught for more than half a century at the University of São Paulo.
