Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção

• 1975
• 1h 8m
• Documentary
• 10.0/10

Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.