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Empress of Carnival

Original title: Imperatriz do Carnaval
Year: 2004
Running time: 102 min.
Country: Brazil
Director: Fernando Schultz
Screenwriter: Fernando Schultz
Cast: Documentary
Music: Kays Al-Atrakchi
Producer: Co-production Brazil-United States;
Catalisadora Audio Visual
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Empress of Carnival (Imperatriz do Carnaval) is a feature documentary about the preparation of a samba-school for the carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Offering an entertaining look at the intricate, nine-month preparation work, the documentary also features never-before-seen parade images and surround-sound recordings of the samba-school's renowned percussion ensemble. The journalist Sérgio Cabral, Brazil's leading authority on the history of the samba-schools, has hailed Empress of Carnival "the best, the deepest, and the most complete audio-visual x-ray ever taken of a samba-school."

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Empress of Carnival

2004

Fernando Schultz