Joyce Prado

"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?

Gisa has a hair full of life and spirit, but her classmates keep annoying her because of it. Sad and with low self esteem, she decide to look for Bruxa Lereira (Witchstylist), who changes her in someone that she's not and, because of it, Gisa almost lost the chance of meeting her mother again, the Queen Andrea. In this tale that blend reality with fantasy, told through inks and fabrics, Grandma Ita involves her granddaughter Gisele, showing her that beauty is in everybody, also, on her and in her identity.

Chico Rei was an enslaved Congolese king who freed himself and his subjects during the Gold Cycle in Minas Gerais. His story is the starting point to explore the various echoes of Brazilian slavery in the lives of black people today, understanding their movement of self-affirmation and freedom from a collective perspective.

Chico Rei was an enslaved Congolese king who freed himself and his subjects during the Gold Cycle in Minas Gerais. His story is the starting point to explore the various echoes of Brazilian slavery in the lives of black people today, understanding their movement of self-affirmation and freedom from a collective perspective.