A collage of poetic performances leading through an audiovisual experience of being black. Looking at the black history of the port region in Rio de Janeiro, the film affirms the beauty of this black zone of the city, compiled to strengthen the feminine and the sacred sense of being.
Also in this combined programme
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Pequena África
Zózimo Bulbul’s fourth film explores neighbourhoods known as ‘Little Africa’, places of black cultural resistance inhabited by freed ensl -
Merê
Film on black female protagonism in the Candomblé Jeje Mahi tradition; investigating its roots in Benin and its links to Brazil. -
Pontes sobre Abismos
Triggered by an unveiled family secret, Aline Motta’s ancestral quest confronts the traditional paradigms about miscegenation related to racism -
Travessia
An intimate and poetic essay about the photographic memory of black families. Both a critical perspective and tender counternarrative. -
NoirBLUE – Déplacements d’une danse
A compelling performative audiovisual essay on the diasporic experience of reconnecting with the African continent to retrieve cultural origins.
Film details
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
