We follow the daily lives of three young students at the University of São Paulo. They symbolise a first generation of black students that, thanks to the government’s new education policy, are able to attend the best public universities in the country – places traditionally reserved for a white elite.
Also in this combined programme
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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. -
Pattaki
Shrouded in moonlight and trapped by water scarcity, inhabitants are hypnotized by Yemaya, goddess of the sea. -
Experimentando o vermelho em dilúvio
Michelle Mattiuzi’s ritual walk to the statue of slavery resistant leader Zumbi dos Palmares, downtown Rio de Janeiro. -
KBELA
Visual essay as a form of resistance to invisibility, and an audiovisual experience about being and becoming a black woman.
Film details
- Country of production
- Brazil
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 29'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
