Inspired by Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver’s book Soul on Ice and dedicated to John Coltrane, Soul in the Eye marks the beginning of Black Brazilian films. The film is a metaphor about slavery and the search for freedom through inner transformation, in a game inspired by concretism.
Also see Abolição, Pequena África and Aniceto do Império em dia de alforria.
Ook in dit verzamelprogramma
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Pattaki
Shrouded in moonlight and trapped by water scarcity, inhabitants are hypnotized by Yemaya, goddess of the sea. -
Experimentando o vermelho em dilúvio
Michelle Mattiuzi’s ritual walk to the statue of slavery resistant leader Zumbi dos Palmares, downtown Rio de Janeiro. -
KBELA
Visual essay as a form of resistance to invisibility, and an audiovisual experience about being and becoming a black woman. -
Quantos eram pra tá?
About the everyday life of three students at a public university and the dilemmas of racial segregation in Brazilian society.
Film details
- Productieland
- Brazil
- Jaar
- 1973
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2019
- Lengte
- 11'
- Medium/Formaat
- 16mm
