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
Hair is an important marker of black female identity. Many films have been made about 'nappy' hair, but this debut by Yasmin Thayná is among
the best. This powerful visual essay is a form of resistance to invisibility and an audiovisual experience about being and becoming a
black woman.
IFFR 2019
- 22'
- Brazil
- 2015
- Director
- Yasmin Thayná
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2015
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 22'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producers
- Erika Cândido, Monique Rocco
- Sales
- Yasmin Thayná
- Screenplay
- Yasmin Thayná
- Cinematography
- Felipe Drehmer
- Editor
- Rafael Todeschini
- Production Design
- Ana Almeida
- Sound Design
- Ana Beatriz Barbosa Silva, Ana Magalhães, Monica Ávila, Thomas Harres
- Cast
- Dandara Raimundo, Tais Espirito Santo, Thamyres Capela, Isabel Zua, Tais de Amorim
Also in this combined programme
Experimentando o vermelho em dilúvio
Michelle Mattiuzi’s ritual walk to the statue of slavery resistant leader Zumbi dos Palmares, downtown Rio de Janeiro.
8'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Pattaki
Shrouded in moonlight and trapped by water scarcity, inhabitants are hypnotized by Yemaya, goddess of the sea.
21'
Cuba
IFFR 2019
Quantos eram pra tá?
About the everyday life of three students at a public university and the dilemmas of racial segregation in Brazilian society.
29'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Yasmin Thayná
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2015
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 22'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- Portuguese
- Producers
- Erika Cândido, Monique Rocco
- Sales
- Yasmin Thayná
- Screenplay
- Yasmin Thayná
- Cinematography
- Felipe Drehmer
- Editor
- Rafael Todeschini
- Production Design
- Ana Almeida
- Sound Design
- Ana Beatriz Barbosa Silva, Ana Magalhães, Monica Ávila, Thomas Harres
- Cast
- Dandara Raimundo, Tais Espirito Santo, Thamyres Capela, Isabel Zua, Tais de Amorim
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.
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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