Director/cowriter Tata Amaral's music-driven drama follows four young Brazilian women as they try to rise above their hardscrabble lives through music.
Friends since they were children in Sao Paolo's poor Vila Brasilandia neighborhood, Barbarah (pop singer Leilah Moreno), Preta (rapper Negra Li), Mayah (Quelynah) and Lena (Cindy Mendes) had a name for their group — Antonia, after a beloved grandfather named Antonia — when they were all dreamy 6-year-olds. Now adults, they sing backup for a local rap group called The Power, until the night Mayah persuades the guys to let them open. They get off to a rocky start but quickly win over the crowd and fee...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
89 mins