Leonardo Bastião, The Illiterate Poet

Leonardo Bastião, The Illiterate Poet by Jefferson Sousa

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In Itapetim’s countryside, deep inside Sertão do Pajeú in the Pernambuco backlands lives Leonardo Bastião in a rammed earth housing, a poet who, even without knowing how to read or write, built through his improvised metrical poetry and his relationship with the local environment an overwhelming cultural universe. After a lifetime of anonymity, videos of Leonardo declaiming authorial verses surfaced online and reached millions of views and even gave birth to a book transcribed by fans. In 2019, at the age of 74, the illiterate poet reflects on life, nature and homesickness, while scholars of popular culture try to explain the media and linguistic phenomenon that is his life and work.

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Leonardo Bastião

Leonardo Bastião as Self

Bernardo Ferreira

Bernardo Ferreira as Self

Marcos Nunes

Marcos Nunes as Self

Saulo Passos

Saulo Passos as Self

Zé Adalberto

Zé Adalberto as Self

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