CULTNE CINEMA - Cinema Negro - Revista Cinema Brasileiro

Brazilian Cinema Magazine - Black Cinema The program takes a journey through Afro-Brazilian culture and features interviews with Zózimo Bulbul and Filó Filho. Brazil has the second largest black population in the world, surpassed only by Nigeria. The contribution of black people, who were brought here from Africa for over 300 years, was fundamental to Brazilian culture. The Brazilian Cinema Magazine on Saturday (November 26, 2013), at 8:30 PM, showed how artistic production with a black perspective and aesthetic is growing in the country. This work has been gradually uniting professionals with the aim of disseminating the memory and importance of Afro-Brazilian history. Zózimo Bulbul was the guest of the week and chatted in the studio with presenter Maria Luísa Mendonça. Considered one of the greatest exponents of Afro-Brazilian cinematography of the 60s and 70s, Zózimo preferred to value the Black person in society, rejecting the stereotype of the marginalized or lazy slave in his work. The director and screenwriter spoke about his works and also made his observations on subjects such as racial democracy and the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history in schools. The effort to keep alive the memory and traditions of Afro-descendants made Mestre Borel one of the greatest icons of Black culture. In the program, director Anelise Gutterres talks about the documentary Mestre Borel: Black Ancestry in Porto Alegre, which portrays the researcher's work. The film delves into bohemian life, in a journey that rekindles the memory of the Black neighborhoods of Porto Alegre. Leaving Rio Grande do Sul and stopping in Minas Gerais, the program enters the rhythm of soul with the documentary BH Soul: the Black culture of Belo Horizonte. Director Tomás Amaral recounts his research into the era when dancers came from the outskirts of the city, dressed in starched robes, to dance at the Máscara Negra club. This edition also shows how the story of the black resistance poet Solano Trindade became a film, directed by Rodrigo Dutra. Vento Forte do Levante won the award for best documentary at CineCufa and is being shown in schools and festivals. Despite having marked the history of black people in Brazil, many of these and other artists remain ignored. The program shows how the public can connect with the history of Afro-Brazilian culture through the Cultne website, a digital archive that is available to everyone. The Revista also brought together short filmmakers who were at the Ethnographic Festival at the Museum of the Republic in Rio de Janeiro. The filmmakers discussed the culture of black cinema and ended up discovering what each of them has in common. Presentation: Maria Luísa Mendonça