🗓 Saturday 1st November, 7pm start (doors 6.45pm)
📍 Pelican House (144 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London E1 5QJ)
🔎 Room: Common Room
Rating: Suitable for ages 16+
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
💬 Includes a Q&A session with the Festival Curator from Brazil and one of the Filmmakers.
Baile Funk Culture The Beginning
Documentary, 14 min. Produced by Filipe Anjos, Henrique Sungo, Gabriela Vallim and Agatha Saldanha
Directed by Filipe Anjos.
Two friends from São Paulo’s favelas start Baile Funk Culture, a movement that brings the electrifying baile funk music scene to London's nightlife. Their initiative grows beyond music, becoming a community hub and a key resource for immigrants in the UK.
InDUBtável 2 – A Reggae Document (Brazil/SP, UK, France & Spain)
Documentary, 17′, 2023. Director: William Sernagiotto.
English subtitles.
The independent documentary about Reggae and Sound System “InDUBtável”, which already has a “demo” version (containing records from 2003 to 2009), now receives its official version, reinforcing the fact that it is one of the first films made in the country about this musical genre.
For 75 minutes, the film discusses the relevance of the ABC and Greater SP region in the context of Reggae music and the current Sound System. Spoken in 4 languages, it contains images of presentations, festivals and testimonials captured in Brazil, France, Spain and England between 2016 and 2019. The cast includes more than 40 characters from the national and international scene.
🎶 After the films: We’ll stay on for our closing gathering with @mac_dende (@1dende.nation ) and @adrianooliveiradanza , blending samba reggae, capoeira energy, song, and movement - a shared space to unwind, connect, and close the festival together.