local worlds

Brava Dança (Wild Dance), 2006, by Jorge Pereirinha Pires and José Pinheiro
Portugal, ‘79. Production: A Ventura Humana.

Analysis of an artistic process: the origins of the Portuguese band “Heróis do Mar” and the band as a common project – the ideas and the ideals. The role of the artist in politics and society; the revolution and the counter-revolution; the popular music and the urgency of artistic intervention; the image that the country had (and still has) of itself. A story narrated by several voices – and different personalities. A film about two gleaners, with interviews collected in Lisbon and London; pictures and sound saved from sinking into oblivion.

JORGE PEREIRINHA PIRES was born in Lisbon (Portugal), in 1961. He graduated in Philosophy, and continues to research (Aesthetics). He is a writer, a journalist, a translator, a scriptwriter, a music and literature critic and, since 1979 has been collaborating with different national and international publications, as well as with varied radio stations. He was editor-in-chief of Ler Magazine and one of the founders of the weekly newspaper O Independente. As editor and scriptwriter, he was responsible for several television programs for RTP2, namely Lusitânia Expresso (1989), Pop-Off (1991-1993) and Euroritmias (1992-1993). He was also a senior adviser for the program Lisbon 94 – European Capital of Culture, assistant to the Minister of Culture, Manuel Maria Carrilho (1996-1997), and adviser on the study about the “Portuguese Cultural Industries”, superintended by Engº Roberto Carneiro (2000. His partnership with José Francisco Pinheiro, started at the time of Pop-Off, and has continued through several adventures, including Madredeus – O Paraíso (Madredeus – The Paradise), 1997, Um Bom Pastor (A Good Shepherd), 2002, on José Afonso’s last record called Galinhas do Mato, and Brava Dança (Brave Dance), 2006. His latest book is Alento (Courage), Assírio e Alvim, 2003.

JOSE FRANCISCO PINHEIRO  was born in Lisbon (Portugal) in 1965. He graduated in Marketing and Advertising, trained as  video operator at the Training Center of RTP in 1988, and later completed the courses of Director Assistant and Executive Producer. Since 1990, he has directed many television programs, including Pop-Off (awarded in 1992), Outras Margens (Other Margins), Made in Portugal, Top 25 and Spray, as well as cultural programs, documentaries- O Trabalho (Work), 31 episodes for RTP2, 2001- entertainment competitions, reality shows and the broadcasting of live concerts. He has also contributed with audiovisual work for large events, including  the festival Portugal ao Vivo (Live Portugal) (Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon, July 1992), the national tour Saber a Mar of the band Delfins (1996), the ICEP pavilion at the Expo 98 and the exhibition Grão Vasco – Portuguese Painting of the Renaissance 1500/1540 for Salamanca 2002, European Capital of Culture. He directed around two hundred video clips for artists and Portuguese bands. In 1998, he was awarded with the prize for the best video clip of the year for his work on the theme O Navio de Espelhos (The Mirrors Ship), from Os Poetas (The Poets), with Mário Cesariny. In 2001, he received the award Best National Video Clip, promoted by Fantasporto, for the direction of A Casa (The House) by Rodrigo Leão. In 2007, his work was presented at the VIMUS – International Festival of Musical Video, in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.