Born In Chicago vs Nelson Cavaquinho

Nelson Cavaquinho has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 8/10 for Born In Chicago). Nelson Cavaquinho is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 17m. Nelson Cavaquinho is the older of the two (1969 against 2013). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Born In Chicago posterBorn In Chicago2013 VS Nelson Cavaquinho posterNelson Cavaquinho1969
Born In ChicagoNelson Cavaquinho
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 8.8/10
Year20131969
Length1h 17m15m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
CountryUnited States of AmericaBrazil
DirectorBob Sarles, John AndersonLeon Hirszman
Main castDan Aykroyd, B.B. King, Bill Graham, Buddy Guy, Bob DylanNelson Cavaquinho

Synopsis

Born In Chicago

"Born In Chicago" is a soulful documentary film that chronicles a uniquely musical passing of the torch. It’s the story of first generation blues performers who had made their way to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta and their ardent and unexpected followers – young white, middle class kids who followed this evocative music to smoky clubs deep in Chicago’s ghettos. There, against all odds, they were encouraged by the greats who had became…

Nelson Cavaquinho

A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.

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