The military take power and suspend presidential elections
The people go to the streets demanding the elections back
Direct elections are not approved in the Congress
A parliamentary college elects the first civilian president after the dictatorship…
...at the same time, the 1st Rock in Rio Festival takes place
ROCK IN COLLEGE
Hello, dear Abril Video viewers!
This week, your reporter Ernesto Varela
was eyewitness of two very important facts
here in Brazil.
The presidential elections
here in the capital…
And the Rock in Rio, here in the city of Rio de Janeiro,
that consisted in some balls
that happened behind that wall,
cheered by orchestras from many countries,
and also from Brazil.
Today we’re going to show both of them to you,
it’s going to be Rock in College. Let’s go, Valdeci!
Here in Brasilia, Brazilians are heading to the National Congress
to see the election of the president
of these wide and fast avenues.
– Hi, how are you? – Hi.
English? I speak a little bit.
A little bit.
What are you wishing in Rock in Rio?
– Why am I here? The music. – The music?
– Yeah – And you?
The same.
Only the music?
– Do you know Tancredo? – No.
– Tancredo Neves? – No.
They don’t know Tancredo.
Tancredo was just elected president
here in Brazil. President!
– Oh, the president? I don’t know. – Don’t know?
– I know music, not politics. – Oh, no politics?
No politics.
– Ok, what kind of music then? – Heavy metal.
To live you must have credentials, right? Look mine!
What’s going through the young Brazilian mind
at this precise moment?
Look, this is what I think,
there’s more than enjoying Rock in Rio, you know?
We don’t want to think about Rock in Rio
we just want to think of…
because Rock in Rio lasts only 10 days
and democracy is a lifetime thing, right?
So we must think of democracy. Rock in Rio, by the way,
is about enjoying democracy.
Tancredo Neves is the thing!
– Is he? – He is!
Today we’re here and at Rock in Rio at the same time.
Would you like to ask something to the young people
there in Rock in Rio?
Yes, there’s something I’d like to ask:
hey guys that are enjoying some heavy metal in there,
that heavy stuff, what do you think of
enjoying democracy today, a new Brazil, a New Republic?
Because we are young,
and this is the International Year of Youth.
So, this is the thing:
we enjoy some rock and, at the same time,
we enjoy some Brazilian tune too.
– Do you always give speeches like that? – Oh, man, everyone from Minas is nice…
Let me go there then
to make the question you made.
I’ll try to don’t forget anything. Let’s go!
What’s going through the young Brazilian mind?
É muito heavy metal.
Heavy metal?
Are you a headbanger?
– A headbanger, a true metal. – Metal?
Are you following the Electoral College?
I am. The dudes now made it to put a civilian up there,
what they did is bad ass, barbaric.
Barbarians? What are they?
What the ancient age barbarians are? Today’s opposition?
– The opposition? – Of today.
– Dr. Aureliano, do you like heavy metal, sir? – Hum?
– Heavy metal music. – We all like good music.
Congressman Nelson Marchezan is from the PDS,
Paulo Salim’s party,
but he won’t vote for him today.
Why, Mr. congressman?
Look, I must abstain myself from voting
because our party is divided,
and it’s better this way.
Ok, but won’t he be angry with you
if you don’t vote for him, sir?
No, I don’t care much about that,
I could be angry too.
– With him? – With the withdrawal…
Does he represent any risk to the nation, Mr. congressman?
You, that voted for the candidate Paulo Maluf,
can you tell me why people,
just a few people, are voting for him?
No, there’re not just a few people voting for him.
That’s why there are only 12 apostles,
and humankind was composed of millions of human beings.
Do you think Mr. Paulo Salim is similar to Jesus Christ?
No, it’s not that, it was just an example.
A comparison.
There were just 12 apostles,
and, none the less, Catholicism is alive for 2000 years…
Back in the 60’s, the hippies made a lot of festivals
just like this happening in Rio de Janeiro.
– Are you a hippie? – No.
– No? – Nope.
– Are you something? – I’m a person, I’m normal.
A person, hum, normal?
– What’s going through the minds of young Brazilians? – Each one thinks a different thing.
Each one thinks a thing?
Yeah, it depends on what you like.
If you like music, if you like, like, gliding, each one…
Each one thinks a thing?
When you’re into something
you go for it, you know?
– Go for it? Why? – When you’re into something you…
When I’m into something…
If you like music, you’ll always go after music,
if you like fashion, you’ll go after fashion,
right?
– Oh, right! – This is it.
I think I get it. Thanks.
The Brazilian youngsters are sort of confusing, don’t you think,
dear viewers? But it’s ok, let’s go.
– You don’t have a ticket? – No, I don’t have a ticket.
– And no credentials? – No.
– Are you jumping off the wall? – I don’t know. We’ll try to get in.
What are you looking for in there?
We’re trying to find
a true expression, you know? – Expression?
A true expression. Of rock, life, peace. Calmly.
Do you want to change society?
Yes, I think society is already done.
Done?
Yeah, there’re no alternatives. For the youth, there are none.
To our children, even less.
How’s the Argentinian democracy doing?
It’s beginning in Argentina. It’s a year old.
It’s too young still. We’re waiting.
Ok, good luck. Hasta luego!
I came for the Rock in Rio, I’m desperate.
Why? Why are you desperate?
Because I don’t have any money to go in, I’m broken.
I’m desperate.
Me too, man, I don’t have a credential,
I don’t know what to do.
Come here, Valdeci!
– Hey, buddy. How much is the ticket for Rock in Rio? – 28 bucks.
– To get in there? – To get in there.
Hey, Valdeci. Give me the money. You don’t any?
Hey, Valdeci, give him the money, man.
This dude is always broken… Can I go in?
– I’m a reporter. – I noticed.
– Can I use another credential? – Hum?
– Can I use another credential? – Yours?
Yeah.
I don’t know.
Come here, Valdeci, let’s see if they let us in
with the electoral college credential.
Excuse me. I’m the reporter Ernesto Varela,
me and my team would like to show the Rock in Rio.
We were at the Electoral College, you know,
and we’d like to show what’s going on in there,
in Rock in Rio. Alright?
Alright.
Cool, thanks!
I have some breaking news to give,
Tancredo Neves was just elected as president of Brazil.
But let’s shake it!
Why did they choose you to cover the Electoral College?
The same way as you were chosen to cover
the Electoral College.
No, today I’m simultaneously here and in Rock in Rio.
Oh, are you? No way!
Yeah, I’m in two places at the same time!
How do you do it? Explain it to me.
Well, it’s a secret of our team, I can’t tell it to you,
especially to you from Rede Globo,
this is a secret of ours.
Come on, tell it to me,
give me just a little interview.
Talk to me a bit. Say it.
Look, do you want to see how I do it?
It’s simple. Now I’m here, then I do like this, look.
And now I’m in Rock in Rio.
– Is it good, Rock in Rio? – It’s good.
I’m there in Brasilia with Carlos Monforte,
and he can’t believe I’m here in Rock in Rio.
I’m going back, Monforte!
Then I come back here.
No way, this is amazing!
Do they pay you more for that?
No, they don’t. I think that you from Rede Globo
still earn more than me,
although I can do that.
Hey, Monforte, would you like to be in Rock in Rio?
I would. Especially if I was on the stage.
Dear friends gathered in this most honorable and important session
in the history of our nation,
we are awaken while Brazilian people,
and also the public server,
the congressman!
Are here working for the people,
the server,
the federal deputy,
the state representative,
the president of the Congress,
the president of the Republic,
the Brazilian people who’s watching us.
The artists,
the culture of this country we care about,
our conscience as Brazilians.
Hail to Brazil! Hail to the Brazilian people!
Hail to our gentle motherland!