Meu Compadre Zé Ketti

Short musical film paying a tribute to samba composer Zé Ketti one of the greatest popular artists of Brazilian music In a jam session in the late composers house in Inhaúma a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro a group of friends get together to play his music while a feijoada typical Brazilian food with black beansis being cooked in the kitchen The sambaplayers firstrate samba stars themselves remember Kettis great hits in a homage to the man who was best known as a voz do morro the hills voice but hill as a metaphor for a place where poor people build their shacks in slums in opposition to city where middleclass people live in Rio Among the guests names of the traditional sambaschool Portela and expartners Also the presence of a black hat on an empty chair represents the composer himself who died in 1999 after a life of many accomplishments in music and appearance in three of Dos Santoss films Rio 40 Graus Rio Zona Norte and Boca de Ouro