8 short episodes about masters and communities of Brazilian popular traditions finalized from 30 years of audiovisual records from the Maracá Collection.

Music documentaries bring an exuberant and vigorous popular culture, where the talent of the artists and the vitality of these traditions reveal diversity and identity in a contemporary Brazil.

Renata Amaral
Graduated in composition and conducting, master and doctoral student in musical performance at Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), she has performed throughout Brazil and Europe alongside artists such as A Barca, Ponto br, Tião Carvalho, Sebastião BIano and Orquestra Popular do Recife. Researcher and double bassist, since 1991 she has gathered the Maracá Collection, having produced more than 30 CDs and 12 award-winning documentaries of traditional genres. She held artistic residencies in Maranhão and Benin.
She is the director of the film Pedra da Memória. Alongside the groups A Barca, Ponto br and Terno de Mestre Biano, she recorded seven CDs and gave more than 500 presentations in schools and universities with circulation, recording and art-education projects focusing on traditional culture.

We will have an after talk about the movie moderated by the anthropologist, trans and decolonial activist Tarim Flach. We will taste a delicious soup served by Marília e suas delícias.

Language: Brazilian with subtitles in English

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2 min