Elis and Tom (Elis & Tom, só tinha de ser com você)
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Law Building
Film Information
| Theater | Brown Auditorium Theater, digital |
| Directed by | Roberto de Oliveira and Jom Tob Azulay |
| Year | 2023 |
| Length | 100 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese and English with English subtitles |
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Elis and Tom (Elis & Tom, só tinha de ser com você)
Date & Time
Location Main Campus | Law Building
Film Information
| Theater | Brown Auditorium Theater, digital |
| Directed by | Roberto de Oliveira and Jom Tob Azulay |
| Year | 2023 |
| Length | 100 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese and English with English subtitles |
Houston Premiere
In 1974, one of the prime architects of bossa nova—Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom)—worked with popular Brazilian singer Elis Regina to record what would become one of the most iconic albums in the history of Brazilian music.
Through extensive, long-unseen film footage shot at MGM recording studios in Los Angeles during this unique collaboration, Elis and Tom invites viewers to witness the artists’ extraordinary personalities, and the tensions and triumphs of their creative process. The film also traces their backgrounds with archival performance footage. A number of contributors share their memories of the sessions, the artists, and the impact.
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Generous support has been provided by Gerry Aitken, Richard Levy and Dinah Chetrit, and Anne Tucker and Robert Morris.