VIVO 76: Alive in '76
Feature | Brazil | 104 Minutes | Portuguese

VIVO 76: ALIVE IN ’76 delves into the culture, influences, birth, and interpretation of the songs that make up the album Vivo!, the third album by Pernambuco composer and singer Alceu Valença, released in 1976. Now an 80-year-old Brazilian music legend with a career spanning more than five decades, Valença has released nearly 70 albums and established himself as one of the most significant and distinctive figures in Brazilian popular music. The film focuses on the formative period when he helped create a uniquely Pernambuco sound, blending regional traditions, rock, psychedelia, poetry, and experimental music. His work from this era helped lay the groundwork for a musical movement that would influence generations of Brazilian artists and ultimately contribute to the cultural lineage that produced the Manguebeat movement. A portrait of the birth of the Pernambuco psychedelic scene in its visual arts, fantastical characters, and its first flights to Rio de Janeiro and to national success, the film centers on the explosive 1975 performance of “Vou Danado pra Catende” and the recording of Vivo!, a landmark album that captured Alceu at the beginning of his extraordinary career. The documentary premiered at É Tudo Verdade, Latin America’s major documentary film festival, and has subsequently been featured at In-Edit Brasil and the 21st Mostra de Cinema de Ouro Preto, where it received significant attention. In 2026, as Alceu celebrates his 80th birthday and Vivo! marks its 50th anniversary, VIVO 76: ALIVE IN ’76 offers a psychedelic journey to the 1970s through the lens of today and the eyes of tomorrow. Director: Lírio Ferreira.  Theater A