Called the 'Voice of Brazil,' Milton Nascimento, affectionately known as Bituca, led MPB (Brazilian popular music post-bossa nova) alongside contemporaries Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, and Chico Buarque, and collaborated with countless international musicians. This documentary film traces Milton's life and music while following his global farewell concert tour, announced upon turning 80 in 2022. In the first half, Milton's troupe tours Europe and the Americas, receiving ecstatic welcomes. Pat Metheny, Spike Lee, Quincy Jones, and Wayne Shorter speak about Milton, and there are scenes of collaboration with Esperanza Spalding and Herbie Hancock. Milton reflects on his childhood raised as an adopted son, converses with his own adopted child on the road, and shares memories of his benefactor, singer Elis Regina. The second half begins with the landscapes of Minas Gerais, the highland region of inland Brazil that is Milton's home and musical origin. Friends like Chico, Caetano, and Gil, collaborating poets like Márcio Borges and Ronaldo Bastos, and younger musicians who admire Milton, discuss the appeal and depths of his music. Inescapable negative histories, such as racism and Brazil's 20-year military dictatorship starting in 1964, are also revealed. Then, the farewell concert finale approaches: the concert at Mineirão, the football stadium in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. Members of Clube da Esquina (Corner Club), the title of a landmark 1972 album and the name for the family of Minas musicians centered around Milton—Lô Borges, Beto Guedes, Wagner Tiso, and Toninho Horta—share behind-the-scenes stories and perform together.

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