Viva São João!

Viva São João! — Plot

Composer Gilberto Gil accompanies filmmaker Andrucha Waddington to the Northeast of Brazil. Among the rural communities in the region, Gil and Waddignton participate in the Catholic celebration of Saint John's Day with music and dance. Waddington also analyzes the suffering of the population trying to survive through agriculture in difficult terrain.

• Release date
• June 14, 2002
• Runtime
• 82 min
• Genres
• Music, Documentary
• Director
• Andrucha Waddington

Viva São João! — Cast

Gilberto Gil Self Dominguinhos Self

S

Sivuca Self

G

Glorinha Gadelha Self Marinês Self Luiz Gonzaga Self (archive footage)

T

Targino Gondim Self

F

Flávio Baião Self