Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business
A biography of the Portuguese-Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti-frutti hat. From her arrival in the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" to her Broadway career and Hollywood stardom in the 1940s.
Helena Solberg
Director
Casts & Crew
Helena Solberg
Narrator
Carmen Miranda
Herself (archive footage)
Aurora Miranda
Herself
Cesar Romero
Himself
Rita Moreno
Herself
Alice Faye
Herself
Mario Cunha
Himself
Synval Silva
Himself
Aloysio de Oliveira
Himself
David Weir
Voice
Cynthia Adler
Luella Hopper
Eric Barreto
Carmen Miranda
Leticia Monte
Young Carmen Miranda
Tania Cypriano
Carmen Miranda's Voice
Also Directed by Helena Solberg
The day-to-day life of a young girl in the town of Diamantina, Brazil, on the end of 19th Century, based on real life diaries.
On screen, a bride gets ready for her wedding day. Off screen, middle-class young women from Rio de Janeiro share their experiences and impressions concerning virginity, marriage, sex and politics.
In this film Indians—and only Indians—talk about the contemporary threats they are facing today. They are no longer the Conquerors or the American Cavalry. Now it is industrial development that is wiping out traditional land. Shot on three continents: the USA with the Hopi and Navajo; Amazonia, and on the Bolivian highlands, and in Geneva where Indians of the Americas come together to create an international indigenous network.
Palavra (En)Cantada makes a journey in the history of the Brazilian songbook with a look at the relationship between poetry and music, sewing testimonials of great names of our culture, musical performances and amazing research of images.
