A bunch of warriors and weird creatures in a dangerous journey through a constantly changing landscape. In their trajectory, these heroes are swallowed, dismembered, radically changed by the world they live in. Are they in movement or the world itself is moving? Besides being an adventure plenty of surprises and mysteries, this stop-motion film take an unusual glance to a world made of bodies that dance, where the corporal limits and rules are transfigured in new meanings and coexistence possibilities. New perspectives are discovered at each step, in a narrative that moves between the lyrical and the comical, using classic epics, cape-and-sword adventures and silent movies as referential points.
Brazil
28 Archival description results for Brazil
The fragility of a TV signal reveals an experience of shock and delight.
Recorded in the Times Square, which is located in a central area of New York City, this work is an inventory of images about the act of photograph. Regarding all aspects of the massive production of images (as never before in history), the velocity and technological evolution of our era, the authors investigate the idea of time and its boundaries, while dealing with local / global subjects.
Recorded in New York City, “Souvenir” (another name for “memory”) is a mosaic of information where urban memories are presented in lapses of time. The construction of the image from the instant, the discussion about photography, reflection and the search of a new relationship between art and life in an era of profound human and technological changes and challenges are some issues of the work.
UntitledThe Santo Daime ritual. Syncretism in Brazil, combining Catholic popular beliefs of Portuguese origins, the traditional practices of African slaves, and Amazonian indigenous culture. With the use of Ayahuasca.
UntitledEthnographic documentation of the possession rituals of Mina, the religion of African origin practiced in the city of Sâo Luis. Through fragments of public rituals celebrated in seven religious communities, the video shows the diversity and richness of rituals surrounding the controversial phenomenon of possession. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
In Brasil, “Quilombo Country,” a documentary film shot on digital video, provides a portrait of rural communities called “quilombos” in Brazil, which were either founded by runaway slaves or begun from abandoned plantations. As many as 2,000 quilombos exist today. Largely unknown to the outside world, today these communities struggle to preserve a rich heritage born of resistance to oppression.
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