The Art of Amália is a documentary by Bruno de Almeida on the life and career of Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999), the celebrated Portuguese fado singer. The film a 90-minute truncated version of a previous five-hour made-for-television mini-series on the singer; it was also de Almeida’s fourth cinematic project celebrating Rodrigues’ career.

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  • The Art of Amália is a documentary by Bruno de Almeida on the life and career of Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999), the celebrated Portuguese fado singer. The film a 90-minute truncated version of a previous five-hour made-for-television mini-series on the singer; it was also de Almeida’s fourth cinematic project celebrating Rodrigues’ career. The film opens with an on-screen introduction by David Byrne, who praises the singer for “singing in these fado songs about the sadness of the universe, not only about a personal sadness or a tragedy in her own life or in the writer's life, but she was expressing the sadness of existence. " The Art of Amália mixes rare film, television and concert footage from different periods of Rodrigues’ career. The film also presents a previously thought lost clip of a very rare appearance (billed only as “Amália”) on U.S. television in 1953, where she performed her hit song Coimbra (better known to U.S. audiences in the English-language version April in Portugal). The Art of Amália also includes the last filmed interview by Rodrigues, who died one week before production was completed. The singer spoke at length of her career, but not her personal life – Stephen Holden's review in the New York Times faulted de Almeida for omitting mention of Rodrigues’ husband of 36 years, Cesar Sebra. The film had its U.S. premiere in March 2000 at a United Nations benefit, and its theatrical premiere in New York in December 2000. To date, it has not been released on DVD.
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  • The Art of Amália is a documentary by Bruno de Almeida on the life and career of Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999), the celebrated Portuguese fado singer. The film a 90-minute truncated version of a previous five-hour made-for-television mini-series on the singer; it was also de Almeida’s fourth cinematic project celebrating Rodrigues’ career.
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