@article{1355591,
      recid = {1355591},
      author = {Montes-Bradley, Eduardo.},
      title = {Samba on your feet [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (58 min.).},
      year = {2007},
      note = {Title from resource description page (viewed Oct. 18,  2013).},
      abstract = {This lively film goes behind the scenes of the samba and  carnival world in Rio de Janeiro to reveal how the cultural  clash of the African/Black and European/White cultures gave  birth to a new tradition. The historian Haroldo Costa, an  expert in carioca folklore, explains how African slaves'  beliefs, gods and music mixed with Spanish Catholic and  Indian influences centuries ago to create the remarkable  fusion that is Brazilian culture.The historian Haroldo  Costa, an expert in carioca folklore, explains how African  slaves' beliefs, gods and music mixed with Spanish Catholic  centuries ago to create the remarkable fusion that is  Brazilian culture.The film includes interviews with many  active performers and writers of samba such as the composer  and singer Xango da Mangueira. He recalls the first days of  carnival in Rio de Janeiro when he and his fellow  performers sang and danced in the streets but were treated  like vagrants and harassed by the police. Mae Helena  D'Oxosse, a priestess in the umbanda tradition,  incorporates samba in her religious practices and carries  on a tradition among her working-class followers that is  five hundred years old.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355591},
}