TODAY - Monday, April 21, 2008

Brazil Studies Program and Harvard Brazilian Organization Film Series:

Bye Bye Brazil
Carlos Diegues, 1979

Time: 6:00-9:00 pm
Location: CGIS, Tsai Auditorium S-010, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Synopsis:
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe. Television is their enemy as they go from the coast deep into the Amazon. Salomé lets the accordion player sleep with her once, with Dasdô's knowledge. He's moon-struck. Then, after Dasdô's baby is born and financial disaster hits the troupe, and the accordionist must choose between seeing his wife a prostitute and leaving the caravan.

This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Brazil Studies Program Conversa

"Brazilian Music and Social Action"

Conversa with:

Jason Stanyek, Visiting Professor of Music, Harvard University, and Assistant Professor of Music, New York University. Author of Around the World Goes Around: Performing Brazilian Music and Dance in the United States (forthcoming).

and

Bryan McCann, Associate Professor of History and Director, Brazilian Studies Program, Georgetown University. Author of Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil.

Moderator:
Alma Guillermoprieto, Visiting Lecturer of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University. Author of Samba and The Heart That Bleeds: Latin America Now.

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Location: CGIS S-050

This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund.

-- 
Marcio Siwi
Fellow / Program Officer
Brazil Studies Program
Harvard University
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel (617) 495-5435
http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil