Afronte
The process of transformation and empowerment of a young man, black and gay, whose account is mixed with testimonies of others.
15'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Zózimo Bulbul’s film is dedicated to Zumbi dos Palmares and to all Maroons dead and alive. It portrays the life of Aniceto, who was 72 years old at the time: a union leader, a stevedore at the Rio de Janeiro port and founder of Escola de Samba Império Serrano.
Also see Abolição, Pequena África and Alma no olho.
Also see Abolição, Pequena África and Alma no olho.
IFFR 2019
- 11'
- Brazil
- 1981
- Director
- Zózimo Bulbul
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 1981
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Anicento from Império on a Day of Emancipation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Biza Vianna
- Sales
- Biza Vianna
Also in this combined programme
ASSIM
A short film about courage in ordinary daily life. Two transvestites waking up, dressing up and going outdoors.
13'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
BR3
A free-flowing capturing of the lives and loves of three friends in a close-knit community.
23'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Rainha
After Rita becomes queen of a samba school, she faces the dark forces in her internal and external world.
30'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Zózimo Bulbul
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 1981
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Anicento from Império on a Day of Emancipation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producer
- Biza Vianna
- Sales
- Biza Vianna
Programme IFFR 2019
Soul in the Eye
Zózimo Bulbul’s legacy and the contemporary emergence of black Brazilian Cinema. With premiering films, a performance, talks and a masterclass by Gabriel Martins Alves.
Read more about this programmeAbolição
Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in Brazil in 1988, one hundred years after slavery was abolished there.
153'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Afronte
The process of transformation and empowerment of a young man, black and gay, whose account is mixed with testimonies of others.
15'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Alma no olho
A metaphor about slavery and the search for freedom through inner transformation, in a game of images inspired by concretism.
11'
Brazil
IFFR 2019