The Rhythm of Liberation
{MARACATU LIIBERTA}
Documentary, Short | Brazil BLOCK #1- GAINING MOMENTUM | 9:00 am - 10:20 am Carver Comm. Cultural Ctr.
(Portuguese w/ English Subtitles)
Directed by: Rita de Cacia Oenning da Silva
"At school, the teacher said that the German boy had his culture;
the European girl had hers... and I thought I had no culture at all."
Maracatu Liberta tells the story of Black families who find identity, strength, and culture in the rhythm and procession of Maracatu. Although far from its roots in Pernambuco, Maracatu offers hope and belonging and a path out of racism for both children and adults.
(Portuguese w/ English Subtitles)
Directed by: Rita de Cacia Oenning da Silva
"At school, the teacher said that the German boy had his culture;
the European girl had hers... and I thought I had no culture at all."
Maracatu Liberta tells the story of Black families who find identity, strength, and culture in the rhythm and procession of Maracatu. Although far from its roots in Pernambuco, Maracatu offers hope and belonging and a path out of racism for both children and adults.
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Filmmaker Bio:
Rita de cACia Oenning da SilvaAfter winning a scholarship gave Rita da Silva the chance to leave the favela in a small city in the south of Brazil. She earned a BA in chemistry and then developed and taught science, art and perception workshops for children. After a short career as a professional actress, she returned for a doctorate and pos-doc in anthropology and ethnomusicology studying and producing art with kids.
She has made fictional films with former child soldiers (Life’s Roulette, Colombia, 2007), teenagers in the favelas of Recife (The Princess in the Alleyway, Recife, 2017), and indigenous children (Wuitina Numiá, Amazônia, 2021); a Bolivian soap opera with indigenous teenagers (En Busca de la Vida, 2011) and the documentary The Other Side of the Other. These films, and more than 50 short with indigenous and afro-Brazilian children, have won awards at children's and human rights film festivals around the world. Her most recent feature is Aiurê, a fiction based on my childhood in the jungles of the south of Brazil. |
