Diario de Naná | Nana’s Diary Paschoal Samora Brazil, Documentary, 2006 60 min., DigiBeta, Color Portuguese with English Subtitles Metropolitan 12 Saturday, April 21, 6 PM All Audiences

In 2005, Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos was invited to travel to the Recôncavo Baiano region of northeastern Brazil in search of the music of the sacred and the sacred within music. Naná’s Diary is a documentary that plays with two senses of music as the percussionist meets with people who use noise to produce music. These artists give regularity, stability, and consistency to noise, transforming it into melody. These noises are the messengers between nature and culture through the path of music. Naná also dives into the religious music of the Recôncavo and brings to the surface the power it has to reconnect us with the primordial.

Paschoal Samora graduated in Cinema from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado in 1988. He has worked as a production manager and director for several well-known Brazilian production companies and has won several awards for his documentaries.

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Producer: João Daniel Tikhomiroff, Gil Ribeiro

Production Company: Grifa Mixer

Screenwriter: Daniel Augusto, Paschoal Samora

Cinematographer: Jay Yamashita

Editing: Daniel Augusto, Abner Palma, Veridiana

Ravizza, Paschoal Samora

Music: Naná Vasconcelos