The edge of academia: in search of new paths

Abstract

is one of the directors of the documentary 'Uma Noite em 67' (A night in 1967), which portrays the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music promoted by TV Record in that year. In a recent article published in the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Terra (2020) told that in one of the preliminary versions of the film, there was an excerpt showing the moment in which Sérgio Ricardo broke his guitar. In the excerpt, the incident was interspersed with testimonials emphasizing the severity of that act. The executive producer João Moreira Salles convinced the directors (Terra and Ricardo Calil) to cut that part, arguing that the singer's long presentation without interruptions would lead viewers to experience the anguish of the artist, who was booed, interrupted, and harassed until, in a sudden outburst, he broke his guitar and left the stage.