Join us for an evening of film, history, and conversation on Samba’s cultural and political legacy. We’ll screen a feature on a 1950s Samba composer and a short film about a dancer removed from her role because of her skin color, followed by an introduction to the first chapter of Mark Hertzman’s Making Samba.

Book author talk and Q&A: Join us online for a special author talk with Dr. Marc A. Hertzman on his book Making Samba. We’ll revisit the story of Donga’s “Pelo Telefone” (1916) and the controversies that reshaped Brazilian music, race, and national identity.

Join us for an engaging workshop on Samba movement. Explore the cultural roots of Samba while learning basic and intermediate movements that bring its rhythm and energy to life.

Join us for an evening of film, refreshments, and conversation. We’ll screen the feature Madame Satã alongside The Guardian short Too Black to Brazil, exploring gender constructions, racial identity, and representations of Samba in Brazilian cinema. Stay for dialogue and reflection on the intersections of race, gender, and cultural expression in film.

Learn Samba’s roots from colonial Bahia and the legacies of slavery to a vibrant Afro-Brazilian cultural expression celebrated globally, while playing on provided instruments.