Conversation with Bial at Home: 70 Years of Brazilian Tv in the Times of the Internet and Social Isolation

At the time when Brazilian television celebrates its 70th anniversary, the world goes into confinement to protect from COVID-19, declared a pandemic by the WHO in March 2020. When authorities ask everyone to stay at home, television, film, music and theater take on an important role in people’s new routines. Content is reformulated and adapted, hastening a trend that gave its warning signs since the advent of the internet. In Conversation with Bial at Home: 70 Years of Brazilian Tv in the Times of the Internet and Social Isolation, we present a selection of interviews conducted by journalist Pedro Bial for his show Conversa com Bial, featuring artists, filmmakers, journalists, musicians and economists, to reflect on the history and role of television, internet, art and Brazil. In its new format during socially confined quarantine, the stage becomes their homes. And, in this book, the audience is the reader.

“An interview has predeterminate interests, and good conversation is always disinterested, art for art’s sake. It’s not easy to have a natural conversation under the spotlights, on a stage, in front of an audience, announced by a band’s chords. It’s not impossible, it happens, but it’s a lucky exception.” – Pedro Bial

In this book, Pedro Bial is in conversation with Glória Maria, Laura Carvalho, Armínio Fraga, Paulo Gustavo, Xuxa Meneghel, Gilberto Gil, Daniel Filho, Ary Fontoura, Lima Duarte, Betty Faria, Glória Pires, Alceu Valença, Ricardo Darín, Caetano Veloso, David Wilson, Eliane Dias, Silvio Almeida, Luiza Brunet, Ruy Castro, Bruno Mazzeo, Antonio Prata, Luiza Trajano, William Bonner, Paulinho da Viola and Zico.

About the author
Pedro Bial was born on March 29th 1958. He got his Bachelor’s degree in Social Communications at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), in 1980. The following year, he joined TV Globo. He worked as an editor and then as a reporter in the company’s main journalism programming. He was a Globo correspondent in London for eight years, where he conducted historical broadcasts, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. He covered various Olympics and World Cups and presented Fantástico from 1996 to 2007. At Globonews, he presented Espaço Aberto Literatura, interviewing authors and poets such as Adélia Prado, Ariano Suassuna, Jorge Amado, Mário Vargas Llosa, Nélida Piñon and Zélia Gattai. From 2002 to 2016, he presented Big Brother Brasil. He also created his own show, Na moral, broadcast from 2012 to 2014. Bial is the author of five books. He also wrote and directed the 1997 documentary Os Nomes do Rosa, and the 1998 feature Outras Estórias, de 1998, adapted from Guimarães Rosa’s short stories, in addition to writing and directing the documentary O filho do Holocausto, about musician Jorge Mautner. Since May 2017, he has been presenting Conversa com Bial (Conversation with Bial).

Specifications
Author Pedro Bial
Language Portuguese
Page count 288
ISBN 9786556910178
Format Softcover
Size 14 x 21 cm
Year 2020