Beyond Ipanema
For those of you interested in Brazilian music, I would highly recommend taking the time to watch the trailer above for Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music. The film directed and written by Béco Dranoff and Guto Barra explores the Brazilian music experience outside of Brazil through interviews with the likes of M.I.A., Bebel Gilberto, CSS, David Byrne, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Seu Jorge, and many others. The world premiere is scheduled for July 17 at New York’s MoMa, with a second showing scheduled for July 26. There is no word yet on when the film will be released overseas, but I have heard from friend who have already seen it that it is pretty brilliant.