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  2. Black Orpheus - Wikipedia

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    Black Orpheus won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, [9] the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, [24] and the 1960 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film, and was nominated for the 1961 BAFTA Award for Best Film. In the last case, Brazil was credited together with France and Italy.

  3. Orfeu da Conceição - Wikipedia

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    Orfeu da Conceição (Orpheus of the Conception) [a] is a stage play with music in three acts by Vinicius de Moraes and music by Antônio Carlos Jobim that premiered in 1956 in Rio de Janeiro. The play became the basis for the films Orfeu Negro ( Black Orpheus , 1959) and Orfeu (1999), and for the musicals Orfeu (Brazil, 2010) [ 1 ] and Black ...

  4. Manhã de Carnaval - Wikipedia

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    "Manhã de Carnaval" ("Carnival Morning"), often referred to as "Black Orpheus", is a song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfá and lyricist Antônio Maria. "Manhã de Carnaval" appeared as a principal theme in the 1959 Portuguese-language film Orfeu Negro [ 1 ] by French director Marcel Camus .

  5. Here's What the Black History Month Colors Are and What They Mean

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    Per Parry, Negro History Week started during a time when Black history was being "misrepresented and demoralized" by white scholars who promoted ideas like the Lost Cause or the Plantation Myth ...

  6. Breno Mello - Wikipedia

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    Não podia me sustentar com o cinema e, por isso, retornei ao futebol."] [2] In 2004, Mello returned to film, appearing in the documentary In Search of Black Orpheus (in which he portrayed himself) to talk about the impact that the movie Black Orpheus had on the world of Brazilian music, such as Bossa Nova and samba. However, the filmmakers of ...

  7. Minstrel show - Wikipedia

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    This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards. You can help. The talk page may contain suggestions. (July 2023) Detail from cover of The Celebrated Negro Melodies, as Sung by the Virginia Minstrels, 1843 The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. The shows were performed by mostly white ...

  8. Why is it called Black Friday? Here's the real history behind ...

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    Some explanations of Black Friday claim that the holiday references a 19th-century term for the day after Thanksgiving, during which plantation owners could buy slaves at discount prices.

  9. Marcel Camus - Wikipedia

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    Camus was born in Chappes, [3] in the Ardennes département of France. He studied art and intended to become an art teacher. However, World War II interrupted his plans. He spent part of the war in a German prisoner-of-war camp.