Lisbon Beat

About Lisbon Beat

A journey through Lisbon’s suburbs through the lives of a handful of musicians establishing their place to exist in a city of complex identity struggles. Different generations and backgrounds meet, Angola to São Tome, Cabo Verde and Guine Bissau represented by old musicians and young producers.

Rita Maia and Vasco Viana directed Lisbon Beat, a 2019 documentary film.

At 65 minutes long, it arrived in July 2019. Written by Rita Maia.

In the United States it streams on True Story.