Abdias Nascimento

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Othelo, O Grande

Sep 05, 2024

Othelo, O Grande
2024 83 min 1 vues
A beautifully told story using archival footage to explore the life of Grande Otelo, a groundbreaking Black Brazilian actor. Overcoming poverty and racism, he built a stellar career, facing controversy yet using it to challenge prejudice.
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Negro em Mim
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Negro em Mim

Oct 19, 2020

Negro em Mim
2020 122 min 1 vues
"Negro em Mim" is an investigative documentary with black artists and thinkers in Brazil today. A portrait of a plural Brazil from the racial discussion promoted by a trip to 6 Brazilian cities. What do the Arts have to say about Black Brazil?
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CINEMA NOIR
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CINEMA NOIR

Dec 01, 2004

CINEMA NOIR
2004 11 min 1 vues
In the set of a cine-biography featuring his own life & legacy, ABDIAS NASCIMENTO (aged 89) discusses aspects of Brazilian Negro cinema with the crew.
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O Homem do Sputnik
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O Homem do Sputnik

Aug 21, 1959

O Homem do Sputnik
1959 98 min 10 vues
UFO falls on a hillbilly's hencoop and he tries to sell it. Soon international missions are sent to the place, for there's a suspicion it might be the famous Russian satellite, the Sputnik.
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Abolição
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Abolição

May 13, 1988

Abolição
1988 153 min 7 vues
In 1988, the centenary of abolition of slavery in Brazil, Zózimo Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in his country. This documentary provides an in-depth look through extensive archival researching and interviews of key figures who were involved in preserving black culture. Aside from historical testimony, this epic documentary also points to the current relevance of facing the racism that still confronts the black population in Brazil.
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Fala Mangueira!
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Fala Mangueira!

Jan 01, 1983

Fala Mangueira!
1983 49 min 1 vues
A documentary on the influence that carnival has on the daily life of the Mangueira hill in Rio de Janeiro. It follows the manufacture of the carnivals of 1981 and 1982, interviewing several residents who tell the story of more than half a century of the favela's existence and emphasizing its community importance and cultural, to the sound of the most beautiful sambas composed on Mangueira.
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Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
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Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento

Oct 18, 2017

Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2017 23 min 2 vues
The African deity that brought in Brazil Together with the blacks, Exu is known as the orixá of communication, the guard of the streets and the human behavior. The short film of black culture and its assimilation by Brazilian art. In its subtext, the film honors one of the greatest activists of the black cause - the actor, the poet, the playwright and the politician - Abdias do Nascimento. The positioning of the documentary seeks to incorporate the fighting spirit, expressive and restless of Abdias: present link between characters, images and children of the film.
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

Sep 11, 2020

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2020 132 min 1 vues
Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European invasion of the continent, police violence, the genocide of the black people, the massacre of indigenous peoples, religious violence, the criminalization of funk music, structural racism in art and education, the importance of quota policy and the need urgent historical repair as a commitment by the Brazilian state to the black people.
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Ôrí
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Ôrí

May 02, 1989

Ôrí
1989 100 min 4 vues
A look at the Brazilian black movement between 1977 and 1988, going by the relationship between Brazil and Africa.
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