Jackson: Na Batida do Pandeiro

Movie · 1h 39m

Starring Jackson do Pandeiro, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Alceu Valença

The life and career history of singer and percussionist Jackson do Pandeiro, whose originality and unusual rhythmic quality influenced several prominent artists in Brazilian popular music. With unpublished testimonies from professional colleagues and family members, as well as archival footage of their participation in cinema and radio, the documentary traces their journey between troubled relationships, dramas, controversies, stardom, ostracism, the return to the artistic milieu, even his death in 1982.