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Stories Set in Salvador
Salvador was Brazil's first capital and the center of its African heritage, a city of drums, churches and colonial squares. Slavery's legacy runs through everything here, which is why its stories keep returning to street kids, faith and music. Captains of the Sands leads them. Open Salvador on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 3 books and 4 movies set in Salvador.
Divaldo: O Mensageiro da Paz
Born in the small town of Feira de Santana in the interior of Bahia Divaldo has lived with mediumship since he was 4 years old. Disturbed by what he sees rejected by other children and repressed by his father the boy…
Ó Paí Ó: Look at This
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho Salvador da Bahia we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity irony humor and music.
A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro Dágua
O respeitável Joaquim Soares da Cunha, funcionário exemplar da Mesa de Rendas Estadual da Bahia, rompe com a família e as convenções sociais para viver aventuras no porto e na zona do meretrício de Salvador. Agora se…
Captains of the Sands
About the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as "Capitães da Areia" (Captains of the Sands) in Salvador Bahia during the 1950s.
Capitães da Areia
Capitães da Areia é o livro de Jorge Amado mais vendido no mundo inteiro.Publicado em 1937, teve a sua primeira edição apreendida e queimada em praça pública pelas autoridades do Estado Novo. Em 1944 conheceu nova…
Mar Morto
Escrito em 1936, quando o autor tinha apenas 24 anos, Mar morto conta as histórias da beira do cais da Bahia, como diz Jorge Amado na frase que abre o livro. E a frase é uma verdadeira carta de intenções. Nenhum outro…
I Remember
The memories of Guiga from early childhood to young adulthood: his family relatives friends fears dreams and reality in a still provincial city of Salvador Bahia from the 50s to the 70s.
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