Fado documentary on Arte (Europe)

Subject: Fado documentary on Arte Europe
From: DaveRo
Date: 09 Oct 22 - 12:29 PM

Amália Rodrigues and the World of Fado

As with arte's recent documentary on Morris Dancing (see this thread) it's in German (and Portuguese and French) with English subtitles, and is probably not available outside Europe.

Despite the title it's not primarily about Amália but about modern fadistas - women and men - including outside Portugal. Lizzie Levée, for example, sings Fado in French.

There's an interesting bit where a guitarist compares fado and flamenco guitar styles.

(I was alerted to this by subscribing to arte's mailing list, btw. I've watched several things. I cast them from my tablet to my TV.)

Subject: RE: Fado docu on Arte (Europe)
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 10 Oct 22 - 06:18 PM

Fado is something special;
interesting that it is covered by German production.

Subject: RE: Fado documentary on Arte (Europe)
From: DaveRo
Date: 11 Oct 22 - 02:44 AM

Arte is a German/French company which broadcasts TV by satellite. I can receive it in the south of England. All programmes are broadcast in both French and German - usually at slightly different times.

So there's a French-voiced version of the Fado programme too: replace the 'en' with 'fr'
Nous tous avons Amalia dans le sang

Arte has concert series which has some good stuff. It is/was on TV late at night; it's much more converient via the web. (I don't suppose satellite TV will be around for much longer.)

Subject: RE: Fado documentary on Arte (Europe)
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 12 Oct 22 - 04:32 PM

If I ever return to Portugal (only visited once in 1988 on a Eurail Pass), the two things I'd really like to see are the big-wave surfers in Nazaré and a fado club. (I have been back to Spain once since 1988, and really enjoyed live flamenco.)