Carnaval in Baltasar Brum (1997)

Baltasar Brum is a town of three thousand souls in the department of Artigas. In 1986 the train station was closed down and the community was in danger of disappearing altogether, but today it is still there and in fact it is growing. The local samba “schools”, which are similar to these organizations in Brazil except that they speak Spanish, tell the story of the town and its outstanding figures against a background of local and more universal events. The documentary shows how carnival is celebrated in this Uruguayan border town.

Released

1997-01-01

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

75 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Gabriela Guillermo, Gabriela Guillermo