the documentary “Leap”, directed by LuÃs Godinho, premiered online last August 9th, on the Vimeo platform. Shot in the middle of a pandemic, the film accompanies “the Vocalists”, Beja's group.
During several weeks when artistic activity was reduced to zero, no concerts, the group responded to the lack of paid work with a project to collect songs from the region's traditional songbook.
From Vidigueira to Pias, from Cuba to the village of Rosário or to Castro Verde, “Leap” follow Bernardo EmÃdio, José EmÃdio and Ruben Lameira (the Vocalists) to meet old singers, in an attempt to “feint” the crisis that hit the culture sector hard, try new fashions and, especially, do what they know best: to sing.
Along 2020, when the documentary was filmed, “the Vocalists” published every day, on the Internet, a fad of Cante Alentejano. “It's a unique piece, because no one had ever made a digital songbook. how the year had 366 days we called it Leap of Fashions. Hence the name of the movie”, underlines José EmÃdio, regretting that the groups from Cante Alentejano continue to go through “many difficulties” because “there has not yet been a complete recovery” from the concerts.
News: JN/ Lidador News, Photo: DR
