01x03 - NEW ERA - Finding the same being in you and me

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ARARAS
MOUNTAIN RANGE OF RIO DE JANEIRO

The new era

NEW ERA
[GILBERTO GIL - 1977]

Almost forgetting the eternal

Only if you could hear me now

It already means it works

New times

Always begin

Each moment you live

Whatever it was is gone
And there's no era

As new as it can be
It could bring back

AT HOME WITH THE GILS

The time you spent
Doesn't come back

Although the world

GRANDDAUGHTER
FLOR GIL

Goes round and round

Although looking at the world

Causes so much fear

Or maybe so much rage

The truth is always on time

Though you think it's not

Wow.

Just like your hair grows now

JOSÉ GIL
SON

-It looks awesome, Florzinha.
-You think so?

-You nailed it!
-My surprise for Mariá.

Good morning.

It's so cold.

-It's so damn cold!
-This is so cute, Flor.

João says you're a giving person
and he's right.

MARIÁ PINKUSFELD
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

Yes. You'll inherit

what your grandma does for all of us.

Grandma always says,
"I hate asking. I like to provide."

I have to be more cheerful
to talk about this person

because it's the person
who's most excited to be here.

GABRIEL GIL
GRANDSON

And, this person's always
excited to gather the family.

She does everything she can,

just like her grandma
but it isn't just that.

She carries her mother's love for cooking

and her father's smile.

Her happiness is from her grandpa
as well as the art.

She was the first one I held in my arms,

the first I cried with,

the first one I was desperate about

because she was standing
over broken glass.

The first one!

It's her!

It's a song

that's very important

even more so in this pandemic.

It's called "Andar com Fé".

Faith is in the tide
On the blade of a dagger

Oh, in the light, in the darkness

I walk with faith
Because it doesn't fail me

Oh, girl

I walk with faith
Because it doesn't fail me

I walk with faith
Because it doesn't fail me

Grandpa, how about that one?

Breathe.

I can't speak and cry at the same time.

I'll cry and then I'll talk, but...

She's like Preta and Bela.

The crying trio.

It's someone I love so much.

I told you.

I told you it was José. I knew it.

-I knew it.
-She loves him.

I love you too.

JOSÉ GIL
SON

When I thought about advocating this song,

amongst the people on stage,

this one had to be there.

Her stage presence. It's Belinha.

The way I'd like to represent her

in the best way possible
is to choose this song.

The fact that you've chosen me,

you're the person I love the most.

After my daughters, of course.

Bela and I have this special bond.

We are different, right? But you know

that you are a role model

and you carry this special bond
with my father,

who taught you to be who you are today.

And...

I thought I'd play the song

because I thought
my father would leave it out.

-Can I play it, Dad?
-Of course.

It doesn't matter.

I had a dream

I was one day

At a world conference

Discussing economics

Help me out, guys.

I argued

In favor of more work

In favor of more work

More effort, more effort

More control, added value

That's when an old man got up
from his chair

And left whistling

A sad melody

It looked like

A Bachian prelude

A frevo from Pernambuco

A choro from Pixinguinha

I woke up

Scared and dizzy

I got up and went straight away

To the sidewalk to see the blue sky

The students

And workers passing by

They laughed and shouted

Long live the Xingu Indian!

Long live the Xingu Indian!

That's it.

Oh, my God. What a joy.

Hey, Mr. Gilberto
can't leave this one out.

This song is something.

It has to be included.

-Such happiness.
-Damn!

-It has to be included.
-Such happiness.

A hug!

We now interrupt our programming
to broadcast the speech

by the Honorable Minister of Culture
Gilberto Gil.

Good evening, everyone.

This is National Culture Day week.

GILBERTO GIL
CULTURAL MINISTER

A moment to celebrate the strength

and richness of Brazilian culture.

We've to stop treating culture
as extraordinary.

PARATY INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL

Culture is ordinary, like food.

It's a basic need.

It must be available to everyone.

Maria was there
for about four years.

MARIA GIL
DAUGHTER

Four, your first term.

She was in Brasília with me.
She lived with me.

I stayed there more than you.

-I traveled a lot.
-Exactly.

You took care of the house.

-Do you like working with her?
-I love it!

When we got to the Ministry,
there was a bet.

-Yes.
-That you wouldn't last six months.

I said, "Really? Wait for it."

I'm here to ensure
my father stays on the job.

And she did. Indeed.

-Do you like working with him?
-I do.

We fight sometimes.

But less than before, each time less,

because you've learned how to do it.

Thank you. Let's make it short.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2003

Secretary General Kofi Annan.

Where are you?

Come on stage, please.

I chose this song

because I saw Gil sing it.

JP DEMASI
SON-IN-LAW

At that time,
Bela and I were living in Paris,

Gil was Minister of Culture,
I didn't speak French.

So I listened to music to learn French.

My song is "Touche Pas À Mon Pote".

Great choice.

I love this song.

-I hoped someone...
-Were you?

...would choose it.

SOS Racism.

The SOS Racism movement
finds the current words,

the contemporary words, the right words

for the new reality of this world.

"Touche Pas À Mon Pote".

Don't touch my friend

TOUCHE PAS A MON POTE
[GILBERTO GIL - 1985]

What does it mean?

It means maybe
That the one who lives in his home

It's the same one who lives in yours

Do not touch my friend

What does it mean?

It means that the one
Who made Jean-Paul Sartre think

And Yannick Noah play

Do not touch my friend

I went to the movies with João.

NARA GIL
DAUGHTER

We're leaving the movie theater.
I parked my car there in Leblon.

I was carrying grocery bags

that I was going to take home.

I was coming back

and I was opening the car door

and João was on the passenger side.

Out of the blue, someone appears

and I don't know
if he was security or not,

grabs João by the arm and says,

"Is this brat harassing you?

Is he robbing you?",
or something like that.

Disturbing you.

And I said,
"Brat? He's my son. Are you crazy?

"Are you nuts?"

When I started to ride the bus...

JOÃO GIL
GRANDSON

...everyday, by myself,
it still happens nowadays.

For instance,
if I sit and the bus is empty,

I sit down,

-the seat next to mine is...
-The last to be taken.

...the last to be taken. That's normal.

-As I said to friends...
-I was so pissed.

...if Nara was with a white person...

PRETA GIL
DAUGHTER

-...she would be a target.
-Exactly.

I've been a target my whole life.

Yes, when I was the black kid at school,

José, Bela, everybody.

My great-grandfather
went to the countryside

because he couldn't find
opportunities in the city.

Yes.

At that time, the law said

that white professors,
students, doctors...

LUCAS GIL
GRANDSON

...from the countryside
should go to the capital.

As a result, black undergraduates
had to go to the countryside.

Maria said that we couldn't enroll
in two schools near our house.

I've wondered all my life
why we didn't go to that school.

We passed in front of the school
to go to our school.

Now she's telling me
that they didn't allow us.

They said there's no spot left.

Exactly.

If a white girl came...

When I got to São Paulo with your mother,

we needed a rental.

So we called the real estate agency

asking to visit a certain apartment.

When they saw us,
they said it wasn't available.

I know.

-That's crazy.
-Yes.

Drão broke that woman's car at the school.

RODRIGO GODOY
SON-IN-LAW

Yes, because she said she didn't want
a monkey's child in her car.

There's a classic quote from
one of your songs that goes,

"When a black person
couldn't get in the Bahiano Club."

-"Not even though the back."
-"Not even though the backdoor."

Bahiano was an elite, r*cist club.

Just to show the...

This quote is exaggerated 'cause
they'd enter through the kitchen door.

Only through the kitchen door.

They'd only enter
through the kitchen door.

It's important that we talk about it

for our understanding.

We've always discussed this.

Moreover, we've always been there.

Right.

Most importantly,
we acknowledge our black identity

and our white identity.

Historically speaking, our black identity

has suffered the consequences.

It's about being on the right side...

JOSÉ GIL
SON

...regardless of our skin color.

We don't need to act more colored
to be accepted.

-But politically...
-We're politically black.

We must not forget that France

Already had the chance

Of imposing itself through w*r
Through w*r

The past is past
Now we're coming here

Looking for the arms of our mother

Holy mother

Don't touch my friend

Don't touch my friend

Let me in. I've already asked.

"You'll join as a guest.
Host enters the studio."

Say no to racism.
This is our manifest.

-We're honored to have here...
-Look here.

...Mr. Gilberto Gil.

Acknowledging the African part of Brazil
is to know Brazil.

Africa civilized Brazil,

as one of our great historians said.

The Palmares Foundation was created

based on this historical assumption

that says a part of us is African

and it's essential that we acknowledge
Africa in ourselves.

We want to evoke, in all its greatness,

a greater moment of the founding presence

of the black people among us.

Palmares was where the fight happened
and was a field of w*r.

It was a stage for history.

The blood, sweat and tears back then

remain blood, sweat and tears now.

The Palmares Foundation
must be a instrument

of accomplishment

of our unity in our diversity.

Long live Zumbi. Axé Baba.

-Axé!
-Axé Baba.

Thank you for your historical contribution
to the fight of our movement, Gil.

That's it.

Will you put it onto one of those...

We have the hoops.

The hoops, right?

We'll hang it here to sh**t hoops.

Is there a ball?

No, we'll have to buy one.

One, two, three... Magic!

Oh, yeah!

I used to play.

-What?
-I used to play.

Basketball?

Yes.

It was one of my favorite sports.

Fly it.

Go! Come on!

Yes!

This one.

Come over here, Sol.

BELA GIL
DAUGHTER

Come here!

Look at all that we planted.

Yes. Do you remember we planted all that?

A year ago.

Look at the bananas, did you see?

-No.
-Here.

We planted it a year ago.

Nino, I can see the tomatoes you love,
right there.

Do you want one?

I do!

I want all the tomatoes.

Is there a hole for me?

Yes, there is.

SERENO GIL
GRANDSON

Now, bury it, Sese.

This one is beautiful.

Give me a beautiful one, please?

Come here.

I know which one I want.

I found it. In Sol's hands.

What's that?

-I don't know.
-It's a seed of a fruit.

-It's green.
-Avocado.

SOL DE MARIA
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER

Exactly.

Auntie, if we plant it,
will it turn into another avocado?

Into an avocado tree.

Shall we plant it?

Sure. It turns into an avocado tree.

-It does.
-Just like the song you sang.

NINO GIL
GRANDSON

We already planted avocado trees
in the agroforest.

"Avocado tree..."

Sing the song, come on!

When you bring my avocado tree

In the morning it will be tomato

In the evening it'll be papaya.

Avocado tree, your retrieval is
Exactly the meaning

of the word premature

While time doesn't bring your avocado

Tomorrow it will be tomato

Tonight it will be papaya

Be careful or it'll fall out.

-Are you going to make her lunch, Bela?
-Yes.

What's next, Grandma?

Let's see if it's good.

Would you like to join the mess?

Wow, what is this?

A big dump.

You can put...

Can I try this poop?

A big dump!

Now we make a little hole.
Do you know what we put in here?

-Jam!
-Which one?

-Strawberry.
-Exactly!

I'll be back when it's ready.

Here's the thing.

When Nara Gil started one of the rows,

BEM GIL
SON

she gave João a very long name.

-That long-a*s name.
-Why are you bringing this up?

The youngest might not understand

that his name is

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, why?

Passos is his mother's name,
and Gil Moreira, his father's.

I didn't want to do it, but somehow,

because it was Bento,

I didn't want to give him
a long name like Dom.

But I wanted to keep "Giordano".
To represent my father

and the Giordano and Gil families,

I'll name him Dom Lomelino Giordano Gil.

I was on my way to the registry office

and I said, "Guys, I have the solution".
I called mom,

"Hey, Mom, I kept Giordano and Gil".

Then she mentioned the Gil Moreira name.

That's my point.

The Gil Moreira name,

MARIA GIL
DAUGHTER

if everybody decides to leave it out,

it'll die in this generation.

When we registered Sol,

we counted Gil Moreira as one.

FRANCISCO GIL
GRANDSON

Because it's from my mom. That's it.

Somebody told me that
my grandfather will be disappointed

when these two names are separated.

But as grown-ups, after all this time,

don't we all agree

that the final decision
is up to the parents?

I've always thought that.

That's why my son's name
is Nino Gil Demasi.

My father acts cool now,

but I remember that he felt pressured

and sad about it.

BENTO GIL
GRANDSON

-With what?
-Changing the name.

No one told me to. I did it.

But you felt the pressure.

He was hurt.

You may deny it now
but I remember how you felt.

No one has never threatened me
to change it...

What did you think? They'd k*ll you?

The point is that you should...

I think we should base our origins

on this

wisdom of keeping

the train wagons together

all in one line.

There's no problem with long names.

You're talking about
my side of the family.

If my wife wants it too,
will it be like a Bible?

Yes. Families must have the right

to their poetic license

to extend the names

to as long as they like.

Or the opposite.

Of course!

The opposite is...

The opposite is the point

you're making here.

That you can remove names as you wish.

That's the point you're making here.

My point is that families

should have the poetic license

to make the names as long as they want.

It's not only civilized in a legal sense.

I mean not only it's their right
by the eyes of the law,

but it's also poetry!

Absolutely.

And people have the right

to write verses the size they want.

But Grandpa...

Can I jump into the pool?

Wait.

Come on. I'll hold you.

Two, three and...

The ball I bought arrived.

For the kids, so we can play.

Hey, Domzinho!

-Wow!
-It's here.

It's our ball.

Look.

-Go!
-Way to go!

-This way he won't miss.
-He doesn't miss one.

Your turn.

Like a pro!

Watch him!

He won't miss it.

That's huge!

Sese, look at my eyes.

Squint them.

I nailed it, man!

Open your mouth. Open it.

Taste it.

Is it weird?

She's so cute!

-Oh, my God.
-It's delicious, baby. Aunt Bela made it.

Have some.

She's so cute.

Amongst all my grandpa's songs,

I think this one song

brings back so many memories.

LUCAS GIL
GRANDSON

I'd listen to it everyday.

I had no idea it was my grandpa's song.

Aunt Maria once told me

she wanted to rescue

her inner child.

And when I listen to this song,
I feel the same.

It's "Sítio do Picapau Amarelo".
I used to listen to it everyday.

In a way, it was easy to write this song

because this parallel universe

of children's imagination

created by Monteiro Lobato

has been a part of my childhood.

My parents bought

Monteiro Lobato's whole book collection.

Which we inherited.

You did.

Banana marmalade

Banana jam made of guava
Guava jam made of marmalade

Yellow Woodpecker's Ranch

Yellow Woodpecker's Ranch

It's a pentatonic on the guitar.

Easy.

Wait.

-That's it.
-Could she start like this?

With you.

Yes, and then we go...

-I'm skipping a note and getting stuck.
-Yes.

Banana marmalade

Banana jam made of guava

Guava jam made of marmalade

Yellow Woodpecker's Ranch

Yellow Woodpecker's Ranch

Yellow Woodpecker's Ranch

Yellow Woodpecker's Ranch

Yellow Woodpecker's
Yellow Woodpecker's

Yellow Woodpecker's Ranch

-Monteiro Lobato?
-Monteiro Lobato.

I've never read it to them,

but I know some of their friends

had this issue about reading it.

In my time, it wasn't my father,
mother, or my grandma

who read Monteiro Lobato to me.

I read it myself.

I thought it was curious,
the universe of those characters,

mixing reality with a corncob
was actually a...

Saci...

-...a rag doll who was a girl...
-That's why it is so strong.

It was very interesting, fascinating.

It's not about the author itself

because it's a different matter.

After you learn about his biography,

you'll make your own conclusions.

But I think in this case

the story itself
has a r*cist narrative.

I didn't read it, but people say

they read it and they'd skip some stuff
or change the words

or they'd read
and explain it to the child

from the antiracist

point of view.

Watch me. You just walk over here...

There's a song that should be included

MARIÁ PINKUSFELD
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

to honor your grandchildren.

During my research,

I found out that the only song
where you mention a name

is Sereno's song.

MÃEANA
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

I think we'll have fun singing it.q

Especially him.

Grandpa liked the name Sereno

Grandpa liked the name Sereno

Grandma liked the name Sereno

Grandma liked the name Sereno

Will he be like a little fish?

Will he come later?

Will it be a bit of both?

He was there like,

"Grandpa liked the name Sereno,

Grandpa", he repeated it.

I said, "What?

"It's Grandma!"

Okay, so "Grandma likes..." Thank you!

SERENO GIL
GRANDSON

We're gonna play "Sereno".

Good, Grandma will sing it.

DOM GIL
GRANDSON

I know the song very well.

-Nice, Dom.
-So do I.

So sing it.

Hi, Dom.

Hi, Sol.

Play it from the top, Sese.

Don't you like rehearsing?

Grandpa liked the name Sereno

Grandpa liked the name Sereno

Grandma liked the name Sereno

Grandma liked the name Sereno

Will he be like a little fish?

Will he come later?

Will it be a bit of both?

Flor, Sol, Dom!

Let's make a birthday video for Grandpa.

Happy birthday, Grandpa.

DOM GIL
GRANDSON

My you live long! Cheers!

Say "Kisses, Grandpa".

Kisses, Grandpa.

NINO GIL
GRANDSON

Happy Birthday. I love you!

So cute!

Nara.

Happy birthday, Grandpa. I love you.

FLOR GIL
GRANDDAUGHTER

Happy birthday. Love you.

Great-Grandpa, happy birthday.
Best wishes.

SOL DE MARIA
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER

Lots of love! I love you! Kisses.

Happy birthday, Grandpa!

SERENO GIL
GRANDSON

Long live Mr. Gilberto!

My song is intended
to bring Pedro

COMING UP NEXT

to the setlist.

Let's surprise Gramps now.

Sol de Maria prepared it.

Happy birthday to you

Grandpa liked the name Sereno

Grandpa liked the name Sereno

Grandma liked the name Sereno

Grandma liked the name Sereno

There are two more boys here

There are two more boys here

There are two other brothers
to enjoy you

Grandpa liked the name Sereno

Grandpa liked the name Sereno

Grandma liked the name Sereno

Grandma liked the name Sereno

Will he be like a little fish?

Will he come later?

Will it be a bit of both?