Gilberto Gil - Divine and Marvellous - Brazil

July 2005
Gilberto Gil is one of the most popular musicians in Brazil. Born in 1944, Gil grew up with music, but also with political oppression. He soon gained a reputation in the 1960s as a activist against the far-right establishment, using music as a last form of dissent. In the end, he found hmself exiled by the government, and though he mixed with pop giants in London during the 1970s such as Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix, it was of course with Brazil that his heart really lay. Since the first electoral victory of a left-wing Brazilian party for the first time in forty years last year, Gil's enduring popularity among his countrymen has earned him a place in government, as Minister of Culture. In this heart-warming film, Gil, now 61, speaks frankly about the difficult years in his life, the people he has met along the way, his attitude towards Brazilian politics and activism, and his feelings about the apparent disparity between his once anti-establishment opinions and his position in government today.

Produced by SBS/Dateline
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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[Felisette]

afro-brazilians are nice!

[alpswissart]

viva brasil !!!

[fcaneves]

@YouriYuri The song is Divino Maravilhoso

[YouriYuri]

whats that song playing at 10:14? i'd love to check out please :)

[kigoran]

there are no afro-brazilians!

there are only brazilians

[robertoamor2011]

Caro amigo, se você quiser ouvir essa música novamente e inúmeros sucessos de amor que eu sugiro que você visite Rádio MÚSICA PARA Mimos - encontrar o seu URL para o Google -. A melhor música romântica de todos os tempos na internet, você vai gostar, é muito bom ...!!!

[GGLebo23]

@exiledjacobite1 That is what you call a mulatto in Brazil?!?!? I'm sorry he is way to dark to be mixed.

[milhouse6]

@milhouse6 -- Never mind, I had forgotten I could use Shazam. It's 'Divino Maravilhoso' by Gil Costa.

[milhouse6]

Love it!

Anyone know the name/album of that kickass track that starts at 10:20?