Director Jeferson De focuses on cruel reality of black life and death
Note from BBT: We’ve all heard the saying “time flies”, and this definitely applies to the film that is the focus of today’s post. It’s […]
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Is director Jeferson De Brazil’s Spike Lee? Filmmaker prepares for release of latest film “M8 – When death rescues life” the story of a black medical student
Note from BW of Brazil: I’ve been following the career of filmmaker Jeferson De for a number of years, dating back to about 2007 when […]
Director Jeferson De debuts his film “Correndo atrás” at Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles; with cast made up of almost all blacks actors, movie details the difficulty of being a poor, black man in Brazilian society
Note from BW of Brazil: Of course by now, everyone knows about the blockbuster American film with the nearly all-black cast that’s breaking all sorts […]
About Necropoetics and Black Cinema: Afro-Brazilian directors from the state of Minas Gerais are making history as the new voices of Brazilian film
Note from BW of Brazil: The topic of today’s post is a theme that this blog has been exploring for some time and I have […]
With the release of documentary ‘The Case of the Wrong Man’, Camila de Moraes becomes first black woman director in 34 years to have film released in commercial theater – What took so long?
Note from BW of Brazil: The work and importance of black Brazilians filmmakers is yet another area that is very important to this blog. Afro-Brazilians […]
Short films by black female directors presented at prestigious Cannes Film Festival
Note from BW of Brazil: Great news to share here but even in the good news there’s more than one side to reflect upon. Good […]
Film ‘Doctor Gama’ about Afro-Brazilian abolitionist Luiz Gama, debuts in theaters and streaming platform; lawyer legally liberated 500 slaves
Note from BBT: When you become aware of the history of African descendants in Brazil, you often times come to a sad conclusion: black Brazilians […]
‘Executive Order’ is being hyped as best Brazilian film since City of God; plot surrounds Brazilian government attempting to deport blacks back to Africa
Note from BBT: Having followed for the long, difficult journey of Afro-Brazilian filmmakers for two decades, I feel a certain pride in seeing the progress […]
New comedy “Casa da Vó” (Grandma’s House) opens Wolo TV streaming service, the first focused on the black population
Note from BBT: Feliz Ano Novo to everyone reading this! This first post of 2021 is actually a report from the last week of 2020, […]
Sisters Speak: Dialogues between Black Women in Brazil & the US
Note from BBT: In my previous post I highlighted a new documentary that explores the emergence of black Brazilian women in the political arena in […]
Councilwoman Marielle Franco ignores award-winning filmmakers
“There are no Brazilian Spike Lees”: Writer of series on slain councilwoman Marielle Franco ignores award-winning black Brazilian filmmakers to justify absence of blacks on […]
TV Series of Marielle Franco: Council Woman in Rio de Janeiro
TV Series of Marielle Franco: Council Woman in Rio de Janeiro Note from BW of Brazil: In just a few days (March 14) we will […]
Cida Reis Filmmaker & Black Women: Talk about blackness on the Screen
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazilian Cinema is yet another of the seemingly endless areas of Brazilian society where one will note a glaring invisibility […]
Black Cinema: In film Guri, A mother softens her son’s pain of racism
Black Cinema: In film ‘Guri’, a mother softens her son’s pain of racism Note from BW of Brazil: As the existence of racism in Brazilian Society […]
