Nordeste: Cordel, Repente e Canção (1975)

Release Date: 1975-12-11
Runtime: 1h 8min
Production Company: Embrafilme
Production Country: Brazil
Director: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/1446913/t-acirc-nia-quaresma"> T&acirc;nia Quaresma
Writer: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/1446913/t-acirc-nia-quaresma"> T&acirc;nia Quaresma

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.