O Black conscience day is the starting point for the exhibition “For more black bodies on screen”, which will be on display between November 20th and December 1st in Sala Redenção. The program seeks to highlight the plurality of manifestations of Afro-Brazilian culture, highlighting different experiences, experiences, trajectories and artistic processes.
In partnership with the Center for African, Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Studies (Neabi) at UFRGS, the Redemption Room promotes two commented sessions, addressing the theme of quilombola communities. On Tuesday, November 21st, at 4pm, there will be a screening of “Eu, nos…elas quilombolas”, followed by a chat with professionals from the areas of Public Health and Rural Development, as well as the documentary’s production team . On Wednesday, the 22nd, at the same time, the short film “Quilombo da Família Silva” will be shown, accompanied by comments from the film’s director Sérgio Valentim and representatives of quilombos from Porto Alegre.
To celebrate the events held by and for black people, the exhibition also presents the award-winning productions in the last edition of the Black in Action Film Festival. The program brings together the winning productions in the Feature Film (“Genocide and movement”), Music Video ( “Dorme Pretinho” – Lia de Itamaracá), Short Film (“Seeking black bixas”) and Videoarte (“Hiatos”).
“For more black bodies on screen” also features screenings of “Sabotage: maestro do Canão”, a documentary about one of the most important names in national rap, and “Caixa preta”, an essay film that promotes a sensorial experience through “ Latin America”. Finally, Sala Redenção hosts a session dedicated to the exhibition’s curator Nicolas Medeiros Collar. Videomaker artist Nicolas is part of the production team for the two short films shown at the session: “DesAmor” and “Feijoada Turmalina”.
All sessions have free entry, without the need to collect tickets in advance, and the Redenção Room is located on the UFRGS Center Campus, with closest access via Rua Engenheiro Luiz Englert, 333.
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Schedule
SABOTAGE: CANNON MAESTRO
(dir. Ivan Vale Ferreira | Brazil | 2015 | 107 min)
Mauro Mateus dos Santos became known by another name: Sabotage. Growing up amid poverty in SP, the musician, who became a legend after his death, is one of the most important names in national rap.
- November 22 | Wednesday | 7pm
- November 27th | Monday | 4pm
- November 29th | Wednesday | 4pm
BLACK BOX
(dir. Saskia, Bernardo Oliveira | Brazil | 2022 | 51 min)
“Earth is just a place. But it’s not even a normal place, because most of the Cosmos is empty. Normal is the vast and immense void, cold and universal, the eternal night of space in comparison with which the stars, their planets already appear as something painfully rare and precious. If we were randomly released into the Cosmos, the probability that we would appear on the planet or even in its neighborhood would be less than one part of a billion, a billion, a billion…”
- November 21st | Tuesday | 7pm
- 30th of November | Thursday | 4pm
CURATOR’S SHORT SESSION
HEARTBREAK
(dir. Macário | Brazil | 2019 | 4 min)
The film explores the complexities of love and the power of self-love. The story follows the experiences of a black queer person living in Bahia as she navigates her passions, personal conflicts, and growth.
TOURMALINE BEANS
(dir. Coletivo Turmalina | Brazil | 2019 | 37 min)
Documentary that addresses the artistic residency process of six young black artists who reside in Porto Alegre and the Metropolitan Region. The experience of around ten months provided by Coletivo Turmalina and financed by the Natura Musical 2021 Public Notice offered musical production, mixing, audiovisual and executive production workshops.
- November 23 | Thursday | 4pm
- November 28th | Tuesday | 7pm
SESSIONS OF BLACK CINEMA AWARD-WINNERS IN ACTION 2022
FEATURE FILM CATEGORY
GENOCIDE AND MOVEMENT
(dir. Andreia Beatriz, Hamilton Borges and Luis Carlos de Alencar | Brazil | 2022 | 60 min)
The assembly of a performance solo, the explosion of revolt, the collective clamor of marches. Art, organization and anger against the genocide of black people. An audiovisual manifesto recorded between 2008 and 2016, in Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.
- November 20th | Monday | 4pm
- November 24th | Friday | 7pm
- December 1st | Friday | 4pm
CATEGORIES VIDEO CLIPS, SHORT FILM AND VIDEO ART
SLEEP BLACK – LIA DE ITAMARACÁ
(dir. Lia Letícia | Brazil | 2022 | 8 min)
A poetic excerpt from Lia’s childhood with her mother, Matildes. Based on these memories, the clip navigates the craft of women shellfish gatherers.
WANTED BLACK FUCKS
(dir. Vinicius Eliziario | Brazil | 2022 | 25 min)
During the audition for a casting test, contestants perform a monologue in which they talk about the experiences of affection and identity of two characters. However, the scene delivered about Darnley and Tigrezza intertwines with their own experiences, creating a fine line between fiction and reality.
HIATOS
(dir. Marcela Coêlho | Brazil | 2022 | 7 min)
Video-performance that deals with melancholy as an open colonial wound, revealing perspectives on time, ancestry, body and death that mix in possible paths of transcendence for this state of collective apathy.
- November 20th | Monday | 7pm
- November 24th | Friday | 4pm
- November 28th | Tuesday | 4pm
SESSIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEABI
ME, WE… THEM QUILOMBOLAS
(dir. Ricardo Lubisco, Shandler Guterres, Tatiana Engel Gerhardt | Brazil | 2022 | 78 min)
In Brazil, given the omission of the federal government, based on necropolitics and denialism, the lack of information led quilombola communities to take responsibility for creating lists of those eligible to receive the vaccine. The documentary gives visibility to women who, driven by ancestry, memories and relationships, combine courage and affection to overcome the challenge.
- November 21st | Tuesday | 4pm – Followed by a conversation with Tatiana Gerhardt, Roberto Amorin, Tainá Suppi and Patrícia Gonçalves, as well as representatives of quilombos from Porto Alegre and the documentary production team
- November 27th | Monday | 7pm
SILVA FAMILY QUILOMBO
say. Sérgio Valentim | Brazil | 2012 | 14 min
Documentary that tells the story of the first recognized and titled urban quilombo in Brazil, located in a noble area, close to the Center of Porto Alegre. The resistance of these people evokes the ancestors who fought for freedom and who today fight for their rights and for the lands they have inhabited for almost a hundred years.
- November 22 | Wednesday | 4pm – Followed by conversation with Sérgio Valentim, Sandro Lemos, Ana da Silva, Onir de Araújo and Tânia Dutra
