‘Sem Asas’ (no wings), film about police murder of black boys, wins ‘Brazilian Oscar’ for best short fiction
Note from BBT: It’s a topic that needs to be discussed. I knew there was a serious problem when I started reading reports on the […]
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Ava Duvernay’s Array Company to Showcase Emerging | Black Brazil
Ava Duvernay’s Array Company to Showcase Emerging | Black Brazil Note from BW of Brazil: Every now and then, you receive something that makes your […]
Director José Padilha Makes Reference to Malcolm X’s killers
Note from BW of Brazil: In his response to the criticisms he received in being chosen to produce a TV series about slain Rio councilwoman […]
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 […]
Nicho 54 Institute Seeks to Increase participation of black professionals
“Black people need to construct their own narratives”: Nicho 54 institute seeks to increase participation of black professionals in Brazil’s film industry Nicho 54 is […]
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 […]
Victories of black theater groups are the highlight of the Shell Award
Victories of black theater groups are the highlight of the Shell Award Note from BW of Brazil: What a night! In some ways, as the […]
Ignored in their own country’s film industry, the work of black Brazilian filmmakers is being recognized by numerous international film festivals
Note from BW of Brazil: So the big news of the week is that fans of black cinema saw a record number of black people […]
Theater piece “Esperança na Revolta” (Hope in the Revolt), an all-black production, takes stories of resistance to the stage in Rio de Janeiro
Note from BW of Brazil: While it may still be true that the “revolution won’t be televised”, you CAN get a nice glimpse of it […]
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 […]
“It’s very complex the situation of a white telling the story of a black, without being in his place”: The absence of black representation behind the cameras
Note from BW of Brazil: The time is long past due. We know that there are a number of talented Afro-Brazilian filmmakers that have directed […]
Protagonist of the blockbuster ‘Cidade de Deus/City of God’ film is now an Uber driver; and this exposes our most perverse racism
Note from BW of Brazil: The years 2012 and 2017 made the 10th and 15th year anniversaries of the release of the film Cidade de […]
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 […]