Corn Beat

 

 

Brazil

15′51″, 2023.

DIRECTED BY

Eduardo Liron, Renata Mattar

PRODUCED BY

Bruno Lottelli

SCRIPTWRITER

Eduardo Liron, Renata Mattar, Renan Vasconcelos

CINEMATOGRAPHER

EDITED BY

Eduardo Liron 

 

 

   In the region of Serra Preta, backlands of Bahia, few families of rural workers keep the tradition of work songs alive. They cultivate corn in traditional ways and come together in a joint effort throughout all stages of cultivation including pounding the corn. Linked to each step, different songs and rhythms emerge to manage and brighten the work process. Linked to each stage, different parties are experienced.

 


Eduardo Liron is a filmmaker and creative developer, who has made several interactive films. He directed the film Life with Effect (A Vida com Efeito, 2016), as well as the samba concert film Ziriguidum (2022).


Renata Mattar is a singer, instrumentalist and researcher of traditional Brazilian music. Since 1999 she is a member of the band Cia Cabelo de Maria, with which she has been visiting and recording countless groups of rural workers with the tradition of work songs throughout Brazil.