Alagados⧸De Frente Pro Crime (Video Clip) — Alagados⧸De Frente Pro Crime (Video Clip)

JUL 01 1986 · 12:00

Alagados⧸De Frente Pro Crime (Video Clip) — Alagados⧸De Frente Pro Crime (Video Clip) (1986) Director: Roberto Berliner Era: Brazilian Rock Decade / Abertura Era (1985–1988) - Produced during Brazil's post-dictatorship cultural re-opening (abertura), when BRock (Brazilian rock) fused new wave, reggae, and MPB protest traditions; shot before MTV Brasil's 1990 launch, making this one of the earliest professional Brazilian music video documents. Tier 1 archival asset. One of the earliest confirmed professional music videos produced in Brazil before the MTV Brasil era, directed by Roberto Berliner — subsequently a major figure in Brazilian documentary cinema. The clip's dual-song structure, social-realist aesthetic, and direct engagement with urban poverty make it a primary source for researchers studying BRock, Brazilian audiovisual culture of the 1980s, and the documentary-pop video nexus. High contextual rarity: pre-MTV Brasil Brazilian music videos are significantly underrepresented in international archives. Context: Produced in 1986 during Brazil's abertura — the democratic re-opening following two decades of military dictatorship — 'Alagados' by Os Paralamas do Sucesso became one of the defining political anthems of the BRock movement. The song addresses the chronic poverty of the Vila dos Alagados community in Salvador, Bahia, and the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, drawing a direct line to the MPB protest tradition of the 1970s. The video's documentary style, juxtaposing band performance with candid community footage, mirrors the paradox noted by critics: the coexistence of suffering and resilience among residents. The incidental quotation of João Bosco and Aldir Blanc's 'De Frente Pro Crime' (1974) situates the track within a longer Brazilian tradition of socially engaged popular music. Shot before MTV Brasil launched in 1990, the clip belongs to a small corpus of professionally produced Brazilian music videos circulated via television and VHS. Director notes: Berliner directed the 'Alagados' music video for Os Paralamas do Sucesso in 1986, tied to the album Selvagem? The promo presents the group performing the song while images of Rio de Janeiro and its people appear intertwined. The combined clip title 'Alagados/De Frente Pro Crime' reflects the song's live arrangement, in which 'De Frente Pro Crime' (written by João Bosco and Aldir Blanc) functions as incidental music within 'Alagados'. Berliner's early video work was shaped by the Circo Voador concert venue in Rio, a key site for the 1980s Brazilian videomaking generation. His documentary-influenced approach — handheld cameras, location shooting, social observation — is consistent with the quantitative motion and contrast metrics recorded for this clip.