LIRA PAULISTANA AND THE PAULISTA AVANT-GARDE

By Riba DE CASTRO

CINEMA DO BRASIL - as PROMO

Documentary - Completed 2013


    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Musical
    • Countries
    • BRAZIL
    • Languages
    • PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Riba DE CASTRO
    • Writer(s)
    • Riba DE CASTRO
    • Producer(s)
    • Riba DE CASTRO
    • Synopsis
    • Through testimonies of members, workers, employees, artists and people who followed the Lira Paulistana Productions, the film tells the story of this cultural phenomenon, a catalyst of new musical trends of the season, which took place in São Paulo, between the years from 1979 to 1986.
      The documentary also shows the undeniable importance of the Lira as the stage of avant-garde music in São Paulo, it show also the participation in other relevant areas, such as recording discs, journalism, editorial and production arts.
      The completion of the documentary by Riba de Castro, one of the protagonists of the story, which took care of the project involved the largest number of people directly linked to Lira, gives a true and complete record, which serves as the retrieval of the memory for those who lived those inspired years of historical information for the new generations.