Partido Alto (documentary) (1982)
- Original title
- Partido Alto
- Directed by
- Leon Hirszman
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Brazil
- Runtime
- 22 min
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary explores the history of Partido alto, a musical subgenre of samba from Bahia, Brazil. It shows how the style combines freestyle rapping, rhyming, and improvisational chorus.
informativeeducationalobservationalgroundedculturalrhythmicstraightforward
What happens
Partido Alto is a 1982 Brazilian short documentary film directed by Leon Hirszman. Produced by now-defunct Brazilian state film production company Embrafilme, the film details the history of Partido alto, a musical subgenre of Samba focused on the drumming style of Bahia. The documentary presents partido alto as a blend of freestyle rapping, rhyming and improvisational chorus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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