Toada para José Siqueira (2021)
A feature documentary on the life and work of Brazilian conductor, teacher, musicologist and composer José Siqueira. Founder of some of the most important Brazilian orchestras, including the Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra, Siqueira was part of the 3rd. nationalist generation of Brazilian composers who used folklore as a source of inspiration and emphasized their northeastern roots in their work. An artist and leader of the musical class who showed the world the strength and diversity of Brazilian culture and who remains unknown in his own country after having his history erased by the Brazilian military dictatorship.
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Too many fans seem to be blown away
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.