Lagniappe vs Nelson Cavaquinho

Nelson Cavaquinho has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 4.2/10 for Lagniappe). Nelson Cavaquinho is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 25m. Nelson Cavaquinho is the older of the two (1969 against 2006). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Lagniappe posterLagniappe2006 VS Nelson Cavaquinho posterNelson Cavaquinho1969
LagniappeNelson Cavaquinho
Audience score★ 4.2/10★ 8.8/10
Year20061969
Length25m15m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
CountryUnited States of AmericaBrazil
DirectorLes Blank, Maureen GoslingLeon Hirszman
Main castProfessor LonghairNelson Cavaquinho

Synopsis

Lagniappe

A film created by Les Blank and Maureen Gosling from footage that was cut from the documentary "Always for Pleasure" (1978) about Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

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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