Audiovisual, Cinema, Evento, Conversa Aberta
MUMBI Show — Black Women in Audiovisual
10 to 11 March 2022 to 18:30
During the International Women’s Day Week, the Vale Maranhão Cultural Center hosts in its Open Patio program the first edition of the MUMBI Show — Black Women in Audiovisual. On March 10 and 11, Maranhão and national films produced and directed by black women will be screened, followed by chats with directors and artists
Curated by producer Helen Maria da Manguezá Produções, the show was created to highlight the achievements of black women in the audiovisual sector, meeting the predominance of males and whites in the sector.
The exhibition is named after Adélia Sampaio, since Mumbi, in Kikuyu (Kenyan), means “Women’s First”, and the filmmaker is the first black woman to direct a feature film in Brazil.
In 2019, the Multidisciplinary Affirmative Action Study Group (GEMAA) updated the database of reports on gender and race in the 100 films of the Brazilian audiovisual wide audience. It was noted the underrepresentation of the black and brown population and revealed that 98% of the films with a large audience were directed by men. Among the alarming 2% of women in management, the report draws attention to the fact that none of them are black.
Helen Maria, producer and curator of the show, reiterates that “Although 80% of the Maranhão population is black, this is only the second black cinema exhibition held in the state and the first with a cross-section of race and gender. The performance of this show is more than a joy, it is a cry of existence and resistance, to say: We exist, we are directing and producing, and we will change the statistics soon.”
In the program we will have the screening of 07 short films between Maranhão and Brazilian citizens, divided into 02 days with the themes: “Music and Dance in Popular Culture” and “Me, Black Woman, the protagonist of my story”. At the end of each exhibition, conversations will be held with producers, screenwriters and black historians from Maranhão.
10/03
6:30
Sussia
Direction: Lucrécia Dias (TO) | 2018 | DOC | 17 min.| Livre
With the sound of boxes, tambourines and bass drums, women and men of all ages sing, play, clap their hands, dance, recreate traditions and retell their own story in the Lagoa da Pedra Quilombola Community.
Love, Poet and Singer: memory murals around Maranhão
Director: Jonas Sakamoto and Production: Amanda Drumont (MA) | 2021 | DOC | 26 min. | Free
The “I Love, Poet and Singer” Project created 10 memory murals honoring 10 masters of Maranhão’s bumba-meu-boi. In each city and in each bumba-meu-boi, a new story. The documentary rescues the memory of these masters alongside graffiti artist Gil Leros throughout this journey.
When will we return to the camp?
Direction and Screenplay: Maitê Sousa (MA) | 2021 | DOC | 17 min. | Livre
When will we return to the camp? It is a documentary about the Junina Matutos do Rei gang in the city of Açailândia (MA) and the impacts on the cultural scene in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
19:30
Chat: Music and Dance in Popular Culture
Participations by Maitê Sousa, Luana Reis and Nadir Cruz, mediated by Amanda Drumont.
11/03
6:30
Quedaria
Direction: Brenna Maria (MA) | 2020 | Experimental | 5 min. | Free
Synopsis: Quedaria is the feeling of helplessness, erased from time to time by a gust of hope, but which is quickly consumed by fear, pain, death. We are constantly falling and we urgently need to create MULTICOLORED parachutes. Open your eyes to the bloody black and indigenous kites in our backyards, devoured by the Chilean line. PLAY CRAZY AND CHANGE THE GAME, DOMINATE THE SKIES!
Mumbi 7 Scenes Post Burkina
Direction: Viviane Ferreira (SP) | 2010 | Experimental | 7 min. | Livre
Synopsis: The plot shows the anguish of Mumbi, a young filmmaker, who after participating in one of the largest film festivals in the world, finds herself cloistered inside without knowing what her next work will be
In search of Lélia
Direction: Beatriz Vieirah (BA) | 2017 | DOC | 15 min. | Livre
Synopsis: Lélia Gonzalez. Following in the footsteps of this name, I begin the search for my ancestry and for portraying it. Professor and anthropologist, woman ahead of her time, protagonist in militancy with the Black Movement in the 1970/80s. A symbol of resistance and the struggle for the rights of indigenous people, blacks and women. Lélia’s affections guide me through every walk.
Washerwomen’s Daughters
Direction: Edileuza Penha de Souza (DF) | 2019 | DOC | 22 min. | Livre
Synopsis: The documentary Daughters of Washerwomen presents stories of Black Women who, thanks to the hard work of their mothers, were able to go to school and retrace the paths taken by their predecessors. His memories, joys and sorrows, pains and poetry are present as possibilities for a new destination. Transforming the hard work of the laundresses into a spectacle of life and fullness.
19:30
Chat: Me, Black Woman, The Protagonist of My Story.
Participations by Carolina Maria, Nádia Maria and Rafaela Gonçalves mediated by Helen Maria