The event took place this Tuesday (3) in So Paulo and promoted conversations about ancestry, black skin and its reflection on the screen
This Tuesday (3), another edition of the Festival Negritudes Globo took place, which aims to focus on black narratives in audiovisual, opening space for conversations about ancestry, black skin and its reflection on screen, black music and black trajectories in education.
The event took place at the Cinemateca Brasileira, in So Paulo, free of charge, in addition to being broadcast live on Globoplay.
The first panel of the festival, entitled Connection with creation (Africa-Brazil): Content that comes from Ancestry, was mediated by journalist Maju Coutinho and included the participation of the writer, master and doctor in Literature Conceio Evaristo, the Angolan actor, filmmaker and co-founder of Wolo TV Licnio Janurio and actress Tas Arajo.
Maju and Tas were emotional on the panel, the journalist for being chosen to mediate the conversation and the actress when remembering her journey as a black actress. “It took me a while to have this awareness, I had already had more than 15 years of career and the moment came when I asked myself what differentiated me from my colleagues. It happened after ‘Viver a Vida’, when I went to do a play. I thought : ‘I have to start building my characters through my blackness’. From then on, the constructions were different, richer”, declared Tas.
The artist was also moved when remembering Mister Brau, a series with Lzaro Ramos, which aired between 2015 and 2018, and the importance of the production for black protagonism.
In the panel entitled “Black skin and its reflection on the screen”, led by journalist and presenter Valria Almeida, costume designer Luana de S, director Mayara Aguiar, actor Samuel de Assis and Daniele Mattos co-founder of ‘Indique Uma Preta’ engaged in a discussion about Afro-descendant aesthetics on screen. They addressed topics such as costumes, makeup and the construction of characters that contribute to challenging stereotypes and revitalizing ancient beauty.
I have a commitment to our people, to our skin and to our tone. Before anything else, I seek to understand what we can do to collaborate with this static delivery, declared Mayara.
Samuel de Assis, known for playing Ben in the Globo production Vai Na F, says that there is no one better to talk about the bodies, joys and pains of the black community than themselves. As actors, the most important thing is to bring our story to the texts, so that someone else doesn’t direct our story.
Mayara and Daniele emphasized that there is a lack of subjectivity for black narratives in productions. The construction that avoids stereotypes helps us to look at ourselves with a more personal and humanized view of ourselves, concluded Daniele.
Festival Negritudes offered a total of nine months of programming spread across three simultaneous stages, featuring more than 40 speakers. The entire event was broadcast live on Canal Futura, also available on Globoplay.