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In celebration of Black Awareness Day, November 20, the CES Doctoral Programme in Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship, in partnership with the Institute Taturana, host the cine-debate “Gender and the struggle against structural racism in contemporary Brazil”.

The screening of the films IPA | IPÁ and SEMENTES: BLACK WOMEN IN POWER, will be followed by a roundtable with Angela Domingos Peres, Apolo de Carvalho and Jéssica Bruno (PhD candidates in Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship at CES). Mediator: Livia Almendary (PhD candidate in Post-Colonialism and Global Citizenship at CES).

The activity is part of the itinerancy of the 2^nd Mostra Taturana de Cinema: Democracia e Antirracismo, held last September, and which now circulates through several places in Brazil and Portugal, until December. The Mostra is a realization of the Taturana Institute and partner organizations: in Brazil, with the Coalizão Negra por Direitos and the Associação dos Profissionais do Audiovisual Negro (Apan), and in Portugal, with the Wonder Maria Filmes production company, SOS Racism, Plataforma Buala and Instituto da Mulher Negra (INMUNE).

The Taturana Social Mobilization Institute is a film distribution company focused on social impact. It operates in commercial and non-commercial circuits with the goal of democratizing access to cinema and empowering it as a tool for building critical thinking and engagement. Founded in 2013, it mobilizes partners and articulates cultural networks that expand the diffusion of audiovisual works and urgent debates in spaces such as cultural centres, schools, social organisations and institutions, culture spots, universities, collectives, squares and public equipment.

About the films:

Ipa | Ipá (Brazil, 2020, 6', dir. Thais Scabio)
The short film Ipa | Ipá (effect and strength) is a reflection about being a woman, black, living in the periphery and leadership during the pandemic, and how to avoid the domino effect triggered by Covid-19.

Sementes: Mulheres Pretas no Poder  [Seeds: Black Women in Power] (Brazil, 2020, 105', dir. Éthel Oliveira and Júlia Mariano)
In response to the execution of Marielle Franco, the 2018 elections turned into the biggest political uprising led by black women Brazil has ever seen, with candidacies in every state. In Rio de Janeiro, Mônica Francisco, Rose Cipriano, Renata Souza, Jaqueline de Jesus, Tainá de Paula and Talíria Petrone ran for state or federal deputies. The documentary followed these women in their campaigns, showing that it is possible to have a new way of doing politics in Brazil, transforming mourning into struggle. [Trailer]

Bio Notes

Angela Domingos Peres is a PhD candidate in Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship at the Centre for Social Studies (CES); she is currently working on the documentary "A força de um capoeira". She has a doctorate and a master's degree in Social Anthropology from the Museu Nacional (UFRJ); bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from UNESP. Actress, author and activist in the anti-racist struggle, she is the author of "Anja - Quando me feito inteira", a theatrical solo and book about the intersections of gender and race experiences.

Livia Almendary, co-founder and director of the Instituto Taturana, is a doctoral candidate in Post-Colonialisms and Global Citizenship at the Centre for Social Studies (CES). She holds a Master's degree in Anthropology from PUC-SP and is a researcher in the GP "Images, metropolises and youth cultures", linked to CNPq and the GT Infancies and Youth of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO - 2019-2022).

Apolo de Carvalho is a Pan-Africanist, PhD candidate in Post-Colonialism and Global Citizenship at the Centre for Social Studies (CES).

Jessica Bruno is a PhD student at Post-Colonialism and Global Citizenship at the Centre for Social Studies (CES), and a researcher at Coletivo Angela Davis and FORCULT.

Activity under the Doctoral Programme in Post-colonialisms and Global Citizenship