Collection: Dip Performance

A documentary film "Bateria" by Bruno Gineste 68 minutes In the heart of the rehearsals of 5 Rio samba schools, including their parades in Rio in Carnaval 2001. The film also includes detailed footage from the Artcelsior factory, the main supplier of instruments to the Rio Samba Schools, (& to Tr...

The time is 1905, the place New York City, where Esther, a black seamstress, lives in a boarding house for women and sews intimate apparel for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. Her skills and discretion are much in demand, and she has managed to stuff a goodly sum of mo...