BLACK BRAZILIAN SHORTS 1

ALMA NO OLHO tells the story of slavery in Brazil in a one-man performance accompanied by saxophone music by John Coltrane. With his historic masterpiece in 1973, director Zózimo Bulbul paved the way for black filmmaking in Brazil.

NADA – “nothing” – is 18-year-old Bia’s reply when her parents and teachers ask her what she wants to do when she leaves school. A parable against the neoliberal pressure to be successful in modern-day Brazil.

EU, MINHA MÃE E WALLACE tells the story of a father who, after spending years in prison, goes to see his family in a Rio favela and has just one wish…

In the poetic dance film NoirBLUE – DÉPLACEMENTS D’UNE DANSE the director visits several West and East African countries in search for her identity.

O SOM DO SILÊNCIO documents the lack of communication between people of different generations, using the example of ten-year-old Binho and his father Osvaldo.

In PONTES SOBRE ABISMOS director Aline Motta wants to find out about her grandmother’s early life which, like so much of Brazil’s slaveholding past, has always remained a family secret.

O DIA DE JERUSA is the story of an ageing woman, who lives alone and is lonely, until an unexpected visitor changes everything.