Beleza Tropical

Name: Beleza Tropical
Uploaded: 2023-03-11T08:35:00.000Z
Duration: 4 min
Description: Set to Jorge Ben's song Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma), this animated music film moves from rainforest to city through football, favelas and carnival. Ink, charcoal, collage and negative watercolour imagery evoke the sensuality of the songs on David Byrne's Beleza Tropical compilation and the social conditions surrounding Brazilian music under military rule.

by Susan Young, Mike Smith

No Dialogue
United Kingdom (UK)
4 min

Set to Jorge Ben's song Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma), this animated music film moves from rainforest to city through football, favelas and carnival. Ink, charcoal, collage and negative watercolour imagery evoke the sensuality of the songs on David Byrne's Beleza Tropical compilation and the social conditions surrounding Brazilian music under military rule.

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Directed by

Susan Young, Mike Smith

Production

Todo Mundo, Felix Films Ltd, Filmfex, 2P Films, Dual Guage, SFVL, VTR PLC, The Video Room

Full credits

Screenings and awards

2015

Insomnia International Animation Film Festival

Russian Federation

Audience award

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