Quilombo
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community o
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Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-known) film traces the origins of Quilombo, which began as a community o
How to escape from a system in which there is no outside? Revisiting audiovisual archives, the film interrupts the rhetoric of the myth of racial democracy in Brazil through traces of ancestral and present sounds and ima
Documentary made in the municipality of Luziânia - Goiás, presenting a black community, a remnant of the old quilombo.
Heirs of quilombolas need to conquer the regularization of lands that were owned by their ancestors.
A deep dive into Afro-Brazilian culture, exploring the trajectory of soul music in Brazil from the late 1960s to its peak at "black balls" in the following decades. Through the lens of intellectuals such as Beatriz Nasci
Quilombo Rio dos Macacos is a documentary about the quilombola community and its struggle to guarantee land ownership, traditional use, claimed by the Brazilian Navy, located between the municipalities of Salvador and Si
The documentary records the cultural traditions and everyday life of the quilombola community of João Surá, located in the Vale do Ribeira, between the States of Paraná and São Paulo. The older inhabitants of the quilomb
In the Vale do Ribeira, in the southeast of São Paulo, a cooperative of quilombola farmers came together to minimize the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. For income generation and food security, they developed an emergen
"Filhos do Vento" delves into the socio-environmental conflicts and resistance experienced by the quilombola community of Cumbe, in Aracati (CE), following the arrival of a wind farm in 2008. Without being consulted, res
The documentary "Caixa D'água: Qui-lombo is this?" It reports, through testimonies from former residents and photographic collections, the importance in the cultural and historical scope of the Getúlio Vargas neighborhoo
Comunidades Negras Quilombolas de Alagoas is a documentary focused on the history, identity, and daily lives of Afro-Brazilian quilombola communities across the state of Alagoas. Through testimonies, cultural practices,