Brasileirinho (2006)

In his musical documentary, Mika Kaurismaki shows the history and the vitality of the choro, the first genuinely Brazilian urban music. The choro was created around 1870 when new music groups in Rio de Janeiro started playing European music with Afro-Brazilian rhythms just for fun. After being overshadowed by the samba in the 1920s and later by the bossa nova, the choro is now livelier than ever before in the bars and concert halls. "Brasileirinho" focuses on the combo "Trio Madeira Brasil" with its outstanding musicians Marcello Goncalves, Ze Paulo Becker and Ronaldo Souza.

Official website: http://www.brasileirinhothefilm.com/