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Calado não dá

Documentary

30

minutes

Calado não dá

You can't live with your mouth shut

João Nicolau

Mano Mendi lives on the Island of Santiago, Cape Verde. He’s the last cimboa player, a sort of one-string violin used to accompany the traditional batuque dances, banned by the church and the former colonial power for being considered too sexual in nature. A documentary about the revival of an (indeed very) sexy culture.

Cape Verde

1999

EDITIONS INCLUDING «CALADO NÃO DÁ»

CITIES WHERE «CALADO NÃO DÁ» WAS SHOWN

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