Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

68 min

Cast:

Cego Oliveira, Pinto do Monteiro, Caju

Quality:

HD

Director:

Tânia Quaresma

Release:

1975

Country:

Brazil

Rating:

10.0