Em Casa com os Gil: Documentary exalts the family, the love and power of the unglamorous art of reality [REVIEW]

At Home with the Gil came out of a conversation. A wish. A plan thrown to the wind, with no expectation of return. With the arrival of the 80th birthday of one of the precursors of Brazilian Popular Music, full of experiences and knowledge, how to honor the legacy of Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira?

The result is simple: an unprecedented international tour, which will bring all generations of Gil on stage for the first time. The idea came from Preta Gilfrom an old desire to play alongside his father in Europe, where the singer also lived in exile.

If it weren’t for the pandemic, at this time we would have an infinity of moments in Prime Video, but the health restrictions of COVID-19 led to the postponement of the project. Confined, they spent the 79th birthday of the Bahian singer there, while, in a playful way, they chose the songs from the repertoire and started the tour rehearsals. we, the people.

Flora Gil, Bela Gil, Preta Gil, Flor Gil, Nara Gil, João Gil, Francisco Gil, Bem Gil, José Gil, Marília Gil, Maria Gil, Bento Gil, JP Demasi, Maria Pinkusfeld and mother they praise a small part of the patriarch’s extensive work, always with a feeling of gratitude for learning to have ‘curiosity about the world through their art’.

At first, the routine, the interaction and the conflicts between them seem to move towards a reality. Amidst the discussions about clogged toilets, football and petty disagreements, there is also a lot of history involved – providing a stage for discussions and relevant memories of the life of Gilberto Gil.

Following the experiences of each member of the Gil family, themes such as racism, Military Dictatorship and exile, nostalgia, culture, influences, family formation, raising children and even feminine aesthetic pressure permeate and genuinely show the care and affection between the brotherly bond.

Whether the ‘natural attraction to elements that change the state of consciousness’ or the interest in ‘evoking African ancestry in the human presence of Brazil’, both fans and those who are unaware of the history of Gil will have a fascination and admiration for the lyric around all its facets, governed by the music and its offspring.

Filled with pure emotion, daring musical sensitivity and intimate views on family life, Gil thanks the heritage of parents and grandparents for education, always trying to pass on the teachings of the family, showing the viewer how his poetry perpetuates the generations of the family in a subtle way, without losing the individuality of each one, teaching the experience of being.

in the words of Gil, “life happens by luck, by punishment, by chance”. Whatever the opinion of the public, his family and Brazilian culture are certainly lucky to have him as a patriarch and pioneer in instigating reflection to all audiences, perpetuating his talent beyond his person. In a press conference, the composer spoke about education.

I am the result of a very refined upbringing on the part of my father, my mother, my grandmother, my aunt, and I couldn’t help that this was naturally the next way, the close way of my new family.

creative process of At Home with the Gil

Andrucha Waddingtondirector and creator of the production, said that the episodes work as a prequel, showing 15 days of creative retreat in Araras, a mountain region of Rio de Janeiro, and demonstrating to the public how important art and culture are for a nation, being a product of audiovisual resistance in the face of so many obstacles.

Realities, in general, try to push a lot on things that aren’t very cool. Here, somehow, what stood out was – which for me is – an example. It is a family that embraces diversity, that has tolerance, that has our reign [Gilberto Gil] that welcomes everyone. I Think At Home with the Gil It’s proof that there’s no pandemic, there’s nothing to stop our light.

During the conference, Gil recognized the challenges of construction and audiovisual creation of the reality, in which the producers had the mission to capture images, sounds, music and conversations that were interesting to the public, “focusing on a family, a well-known personality, with a public insertion like me, the children, grandchildren”.

The Head of Brazilian Content at Amazon StudiosMalu Miranda, confirmed the second season of the doc-reality, entitled Traveling with the Gil, which will record the backstage of the tour that the Gil family will do in Europe and Africa. The new batch of episodes does not yet have a premiere date.

At Home with the Gil: Synopsis

At Home with the Gil accompanies one of the most famous families in the Brazilian cultural scene during the creation of a historic tour, which will bring together all generations of Gil on stage for the first time. They met for a creative retreat in the countryside of Rio de Janeiro. The cameras followed behind the scenes of everything that happened in the preparation for the show, which will tour Europe, and also celebrates the 80th anniversary of Gilberto Gil.

At Home with the Gil is available in the catalog Amazon Prime Video starting this Friday, June 24th. Watch the trailer here: