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.
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Alma no olho
A metaphor about slavery and the search for freedom through inner transformation, in a game of images inspired by concretism.
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Experimentando o vermelho em dilúvio
Michelle Mattiuzi’s ritual walk to the statue of slavery resistant leader Zumbi dos Palmares, downtown Rio de Janeiro.
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Pattaki
Shrouded in moonlight and trapped by water scarcity, inhabitants are hypnotized by Yemaya, goddess of the sea.
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Soul in the Eye
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Quantos eram pra tá?
About the everyday life of three students at a public university and the dilemmas of racial segregation in Brazilian society.
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Soul in the Eye
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Film details
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 22"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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