Maria de Moraes

"Quero Botar Meu Bloco na Rua" is an affective journey through the history of the street carnival blocks in Rio, telling the saga of this popular manifestation that spans the centuries adapting to all sorts of social, political, cultural or economic transformations in Brazil.

To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius would enjoy.