The 18th edition of In-Edit Brasil, the International Musical Documentary Festival, begins this Wednesday (17th) in São Paulo, which shows films about figures and histories of national and international music in several cinemas in the capital of São Paulo. The event, which established itself as a showcase for the premiere of musical documentaries – there are around ten new titles in this edition – presents the film A Noite de Alaíde Costa, directed by Liliane Mutti, which shows the racism suffered by the great voice of bossa nova, ignored by record companies and who was excluded from a historic performance at Carnegie Hall, in New York, in 1962. The documentary follows the singer in 2023, at almost 90 years old, when she finally took to that stage in a reparation historical. Related news: Film about black musical wins In-Edit Brasil festival. The festival brings together films not only about artists, bands and musical genres, but also features documentaries about iconic places for music, such as Canecão – Tantas Emoções, by Bruno Levinson, which rescues the history of the famous Rio stage opened in the late 1960s, and which hosted big names in Brazilian music. The director of In-Edit Brasil, Marcelo Aliche, highlights the diversity of rhythms and styles of Brazilian music present in the more than two hundred national documentaries registered at the festival: "We are very happy, because Brazil has a very diverse culture, so, from north to south, we have many ways of expressing ourselves from a musical and cultural point of view. And within this vision, we really managed to include everything from rock here to Ary Barroso. There are films about punk rock, we have films about incredible artists, such as Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, Alceu Valença, Dona Onete and even Ezequiel Neves, who was not a musician, but a producer, journalist, finally, and Ricardo Amaral, the King of the Night. He has a series of very diverse subjects that somehow gives a small sample of this great cultural salad called Brazil”. Also among the national titles are films that feature music veterans in Brazil, such as Universo Circular - Jocy de Oliveira, directed by Dácio Pinheiro, which tells the story of a pioneering figure in electronic music in the country and which recalls his career at almost 90 years old. Another highlight is Pontos de Força, by Vânia Lima, which follows the over 80-year-old musician, Mateus Aleluia – one of the founders of the group Os Tincoãs – through sacred Candomblé places in his homeland, the city of Cachoeira, in Bahia. In addition to the sessions shown in the Cinemateca, Cine Sesc, SP Cine Paulo Emílio, SP Cine Olido, Matilha Cultural, Cine Bijou and Patuá Discos rooms, the festival comes with a series of parallel activities, such as a vinyl fair at the Cinemateca and presentations by Alaíde Costa, Fernanda Abreu, Odair José and the bands Inocentes and DZK in various concert halls in the city - an opportunity for the public to see up close artists portrayed in the documentaries. Marcelo Aliche explains that parallel programming is created based on the subjects of the films. "I always joke that our function is to bring music into the cinema. And then this year we happened to take cinema to music venues. And with that I'm very happy, because not only the show, but also the chats, the conversations, the meetings, the debates that will take place at Matilha Cultural, in short, all these activities increase the content of each of these documentaries and allow the public to further expand their vision of each of these films." In this edition, In-Edit Brasil brings more than 100 sessions with accessibility resources, such as Libras, descriptive subtitles and audio description. In addition to the in-person sessions, those who are not in São Paulo can check out part of the program online via the Itaú Cultural Play, Sesc em Casa and SP Cine Play platforms. In-Edit continues until June 28th and all sessions are free, just collect your ticket one hour before. More details about the festival are on the website.