Scheduled to screen at the New York African Diaspora International Film Festival (Adiff), which runs from November 29 to December 15, 2013, is a new feature documentary titled RAÇA (Race), from Brazilian filmmaker Joel Zito Araújo and American Megan Mylan, which tackles racial inequality in Brazil, via the lives of three black Brazilians: Paulo Paim, the only black senator of the republic; Netinho Paula, singer and TV presenter, and Tiny dos Santos, Maroon activist and granddaughter of slaves. The filmmakers followed these 3 people for a few years - people who they consider are on...
- 11/5/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Our readers who speak Portuguese can chime in on this... I used Google to translate the information and this is what I gather... A new feature documentary titled RAÇA (Race), from Brazilian filmmaker Joel Zito Araújo and American Megan Mylan, tackles racial inequality in Brazil, via the lives of three black Brazilians: Paulo Paim, the only black senator of the republic; Netinho Paula, singer and TV presenter, and Tiny dos Santos, Maroon activist and granddaughter of slaves. The filmmakers followed these 3 people for a number of years - people they consider are on the frontlines of the country's race debate/divide - in an effort to bring something unique to the public in...
- 4/18/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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