Emicida, credit: Júla Rodrigues, 2020
Racial justice brought people out of their homes and into the streets
across the world in 2020 and the Brazilian MC and social activist
Emicida looks to keep the conversation going. He just released a
documentary on Netflix,
AmarElo:
It’s All For Yesterday
,
that is both a fascinating
history lesson about samba and a reflection on social and racial
equality in Brazil.
(Forgive this trailer all in Portuguese there are English subtitles on Netflix.)
The
documentary is framed around a concert held at the Teatro
Municipal in São Paulo that featured Emicida and all of his
Sennheiser and Latin GRAMMY collaborate for first ever Brazilian Premiere ceremony
Brazil – In 2020, the Latin Recording Academy hosted its first ever Premiere ceremony for Brazilian audiences. Broadcast before the 21st Latin GRAMMY awards on 19 November, the Premiere ceremonies were powerful openings to the Biggest Night in Latin Music, combining exciting music programmes with the announcement of a large majority of the winners. For its Brazilian Premiere ceremony, live-streamed via Facebook, the Academy had partnered with Sennheiser to provide all microphone needs for the music performances. “Sennheiser was a key partner for us to deliver at the same level as the Grammy Awards in its other editions,” said Dilson Laguna, artistic director of the Brazilian Premiere for the Latin GRAMMY 2020.