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The Art Of Amalia

1999, Movie, NR, 90 mins

The Art Of Amalia: Review

If ever anyone earned the title "diva," it was the late singer Amalia Rodrigues, whose international career spanned six decades. Not "diva" in the popular sense of a stuck-up bitch, but diva in the original sense — a goddess of her artform. Born into poverty in 1920 in the Beira Baixa region of Portugal, Rodrigues began singing for neighbors as a four-year-old. As she matured, she specialized in traditional fado ("fate" in Portuguese) songs, characterized by heart-breaki... read more leave a comment