Nelson Cavaquinho vs Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert

Nelson Cavaquinho has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 5.5/10 for Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert). Nelson Cavaquinho is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 27m. Nelson Cavaquinho is the older of the two (1969 against 1987). Both are music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Nelson Cavaquinho posterNelson Cavaquinho1969 VS Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert posterPaul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert1987
Nelson CavaquinhoPaul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
Audience score★ 8.8/10★ 5.5/10
Year19691987
Length15m1h 27m
GenresDocumentary, MusicMusic
CountryBrazil–
DirectorLeon HirszmanMichael Lindsay-Hogg
Main castNelson CavaquinhoPaul Simon, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Ray Phiri, Bakithi Kumalo

Synopsis

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.

Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert

Singer Paul Simon and several African musicians perform a concert to benefit victims of apartheid in South Africa.

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