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13th Brazilian Independence Day Festival Highlights
Boston, September 3 to 7, 2008

Save the date!
14th Brazilian Independence Festival in Boston
Sunday, September 6, 2009

Wednesday, September 3, 2008
4 Cantos in Concert!
4 Cantos performed a sampling of samba, bossa nova and the immensely popular baião music. The musicians artfully blend acoustic guitar with the traditional Brazilian instruments of Cavaquinho (stringed instrument) and Pandeiro (tambourine).

Thursday, September 4, 2008
Film screening: Antonia (2006). Directed by Tata Amaral, featuring Negra Li, Cindy Mendes, Leilah Moreno e Jaqueline Simão. Coral Award/ Havana Film Festival (2006).
Preta, Barbarah, Mayah and Lena, friends since childhood, are backup singers in a rap group fronted by men, performing to huge audiences in the Sao Paulo favelas. They convince the guys to let them perform one song of their own and their music lifts the crowd. The four young women form their own group, Antonia, dreaming of the opportunity to make something of their lives. They have to draw strength and courage to continue and stand against poverty, sexism and the everyday danger of life in the favela.

Friday, September 5, 2008
Film screening: Black Orpheus (1959). Directed by Marcel Camus, featuring Brenno Melo e Marpessa Dawn. Best Foreign Language Film Oscar (1960), Golden Globe (USA 1960), Golden Palm (Cannes 1959).
Update of the Orpheus and Eurydice Greek myth, based on Vinicius de Moraes’ play “Orfeu da Conceição”. The story is set in the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Orpheus, a trolley car conductor, is engaged to Mira but in love with Eurydice, whom he met during Carnival week and who's fled her village in fear of a stalker. A vengeful Mira and a determined Death pursue Orpheus and his new lover Eurydice through the feverish Carnival night. The movie is particularly renowned for its soundtrack by Tom Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes and Luis Bonfá with songs that were to become Bossa Nova classics.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Civic Ceremony
Hoisting of the Brazilian flag and performance of the National Anthem, organized by the Consulate General of Brazil in Boston.

Outdoor Festival
Attractions:
- 12 pm Official opening – performance of the Brazilian National Anthem by Coral Allegro Brazil and Sandra Ferreira, Soprano
- Festival Opening Parade
- Children’s activities (pony ride, balloon sculpture, face painting, drawing, participation of the Boston Children’s Museum)
- Ethnic food, Information and Service Stands
- Launch of the Children’s Composition and Drawing Contest Machado de Assis: One hundred years “de saudade”
Live Performances:
- Parade with Marcus Santos and AfroBrasil, Valdisa Moura, Ponto de Partida USA and capoeiristas
- Metamorfosis
- Banda Sonho Meu
- Grupo Choro Democrático
- Capoeira Brasil under the supervision of Mestre Cabeça