Video Visits: Brazil

A tour of Brazil courtesy of Video Visits.

Local Band

Lyla Riley is in a punk band -- Minor Illusion. They suck. Regardless, she perseveres with her best friend Rob on guitar, numbskull drummer Sean and showboat bassist Pete. Minor Illusion's pathetic existence vexes Lyla's older sister Stephanie, a former punk turned 9-to-5 suit. Through lineup changes, borrowed cash, shitty gigs and drunken nights, Lyla and the band journey through the perils of Chicago's DIY music scene to get their shot at adequacy.

Punk'd Pooch

After falling out years ago, Fifi, a guitarist poodle, has been invited to play at a venue with her old high school band— Punk’d Pooch. All is well until she reunites with her ex-friend and fellow guitar player, Tilly.

Airheads

The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.

Black Country, New Road - “Live at Bush Hall”

At the peak of their success, the lead singer of ‘Black Country, New Road’, Isaac Wood, left the band. This concert film documents the group’s triumphant return at three consecutive shows in Bush Hall, performing new music centered around recovering from loss and their continuing friendship.

Avenged Sevenfold: Rock In Rio 2013

Avenged Sevenfold at Cidade do Rock, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 22, 2013. Setlist: 01. Shepherd of Fire 02. Critical Acclaim 03. Beast and the Harlot 04. Hail to the King 05. Buried Alive 06. Fiction 07. Nightmare 08. This Means War 09. Afterlife 10. Requiem 11. Bat Country 12. Unholy Confessions

This Is Spinal Tap

"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.

Rainbow - Coloring New Jersey

Rainbow live at the Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, USA - December 01, 1979 Set List: 01. Eyes of the World 02. Love's no Friend 03. Maybe Next Time 04. All Night Long 05. Lost In Hollywood (with guitar, keyboard and drum solos) 06. Lazy (short) - Man on the Silver Mountain 07. Blues 08. Long Live Rock and Roll 09. Kill The King (jam) - Long Live Rock and Roll (Reprise)

Fazedor de Montanhas

A journey into the interior of garbage, contemplated as a phenomenon of the human spirit, and not only as a product of human action. This essay-documentary, inspired by modern chaos theory, transits between the reality of statements and the surrealism of poetic images, seeking to integrate the conscious and unconscious life of the human mind. Apparently simple phenomena hide very complex behaviors. Maybe garbage is all that we don't want to see

Heart: Rock & Roll

Heart performs at The Concert for the Americas, a music festival held on August 20, 1982, in the Dominican Republic at the Altos de Chavón Amphitheater, a 5,000-seat, open-air Greek-style venue located approximately two hours east of Santo Domingo. It was the amphitheater's inaugural event.

AC/DC: Live at Rijnhallen, Arnhem, Netherlands

AC/DC in Arnhem, Netherlands, on Friday July 13, 1979. Filmed live for Countdown television series. Setlist includes 1) Highway to Hell, 2) Bad Boy Boogie, 3) The Jack, 4) Rocker, 5) Whole Lotta Rosie

Moment of Contact

An exploration of potential extraterrestrial encounters, centered on a series of events in 1996 when citizens of Varginha, Brazil, reported seeing one or more strange creatures and a UFO crash.

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

Bubbles and his band, The Shitrockers, embark on a European rock tour and earn a spot opening for Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters. However, after traveling from Nova Scotia to Prague, they're kicked off the tour and must resort to busking to survive and find a way back home. Ricky and Julian must figure out how to make their dreams come true again — if that’s still possible.

Saludos Amigos

A whimsical blend of live action and animation, "Saludos Amigos" is a colorful kaleidoscope of art, adventure and music set to a toe-tapping samba beat. From high Andes peaks and Argentina's pampas to the sights and sounds of Rio de Janeiro, your international traveling companions are none other than those famous funny friends, Donald Duck and Goofy. They keep things lively as Donald encounters a stubborn llama and "El Gaucho" Goofy tries on the cowboy way of life....South American-style.

Festival Express

The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts. In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the world's greatest rock bands. The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Buddy Guy, and others lived (and partied) together for five days, stopping in major cities along the way to play live concerts. Their journey was filmed.

Rocanrol Cowboys

The irrepressible Ratones Paranoicos, Argentina's most enduring rock band, are featured in vintage concert and backstage footage as their story's told.

Página Apagada

Questions about celebrating 200 years of independence from Brazil with 300 years of slavery.

Téléphone, jolie petite histoire

Ônibus 174

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary

Maybe the 25th anniversary year didn't go *quite* as planned but we were still able to come together for a look back at the last 25 years.