Afro Brazilian Actresses and Filmmakers Criticize the Gap in representation
Afro Brazilian Actresses and Filmmakers Criticize the Gap in representation Note from BW of Brazil: A few questions. Is there a fear of black filmmakers […]
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Segunda PRETA: Dedicated to giving visibility to black in Belo Horizonte
Segunda PRETA: Dedicated to giving visibility to black in Belo Horizonte Dedicated to giving visibility to black actors and actress in Belo Horizonte, segundaPRETA, meaning […]
Set in Bahia with a primarily black cast, award-winning “Café com Canela” is first full-length fictional film directed by a black woman in 34 years; movie makes its debut across the country this month
Set in Bahia with a primarily black cast, award-winning “Café com Canela” is first full-length fictional film directed by a black woman in 34 years; […]
As the Brazilian media continues to marginalize their talents, Afro-Brazilian actors take to stages in Rio to bring the black voice and experience to the public
As the Brazilian media continues to marginalize their talents, Afro-Brazilian actors take to stages in Rio to bring the black voice and experience to the […]
Actress Maria Gal speaks on the lack of black families in Brazilian cinema and TV and being told her skin color isn’t “commercial enough”
Actress Maria Gal speaks on the lack of black families in Brazilian cinema and TV and being told her skin color isn’t “commercial enough” By […]
Racism is cruel: 80% black Salvador, Bahia, where mall security tries to stop a man from buying a black child a meal and a black actor is shot by police
Note from BW of Brazil: Salvador, Bahia. Visits to that city always bring back pleasant memories. It was the first city that I ever visited in […]
“You are black, do you think they’ll give you an (acting) opportunity that is not a slave or a maid?” – Black actors speak of difficulty working in Brazilian market
Note from BW of Brazil: The discussion over the actor/character representation of the Globo TV prime time novela Segundo Sol has been a hot topic […]
The price of being black & successful: Book by actor Lázaro Ramos presents a microcosm of obstacles Brazil constructs in the paths of its black citizens
Note from BW of Brazil: The talented actor Lázaro Ramos has appeared on the pages of this blog numerous times, particularly over the past few […]
With black representation lacking in Brazilian media, actors bring their perspective to You Tube
Note from BW of Brazil: In past posts, we have seen numerous examples and proof of the vast under-representation of Afro-Brazilian actors in Brazilian film […]
Echoes that don’t stop: Black theater redraws new scenario
Note from BW of Brazil: The topic of black Brazilian theater is something that we cover from time to time here on the blog. As […]
Black women activists: The debate over the ‘Sexo e as negas’ series must continue; present open letter to congressman who voiced support of series
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s been a little while since we’ve approached the topic of the ongoing television series entitled Sexo e as negas. […]
Celebrating 35 years, Olodum maintains its roots and the struggle for the affirmation of black culture
Note from BW of Brazil: Anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting Salvador, Bahia, known as the country’s center of black culture, knows that […]
In its yearly homage to the black woman, Ilê Aiyê crowns its 2014 Ebony Goddess
Note from BW of Brazil: For this blog, Ilê Aiyê’s yearly homage to the black woman, the Deusa do Ébano (Goddess of Ebony) contest is something […]
Blond ambition: the Brazilian Media’s Manufacturing of the white woman as standard of beauty and the place of black women
Top row: Sabrina Sato, Luciana Gimenez, Angélica, Eliana Bottom row: Renata Fan, Amanda Françoso, Patrícia Poeta “In a society aesthetically governed by a white paradigm…the […]
