A voice that shattered glass ceilings before anyone knew they existed.
Orphaned by father and mother, Clara has always dreamed of building a singing career. At the age of 16, she moved to Belo Horizonte, where she won the ABC Golden Voice contest. In 1966, she recorded her first vinyl: A Adorable Voice by Clara Nunes. The approach to samba made her achieve the longed for success, in addition to international repercussion. Clara Nunes revolutionized the music industry, becoming the first woman to break the barriers imposed by the record label.
Acting
Clara Nunes embodies her own legacy with raw vulnerability.
Sound
Live samba recordings that'll wreck your speakers in the best way.
Production
Meticulous 1960s Belo Horizonte recreation, down to the vinyl crackle.
Director
Darcy Burger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clara Nunes was the first female artist to sell 100,000 copies of a samba record in Brazil, opening doors for generations of women in a notoriously male-dominated genre.
Director Darcy Burger spent three years securing rights to use Nunes's original recordings; the estate initially refused, fearing exploitation of her image.
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