Framework

The focus on the debate about black consciousness stems from militant activities of Brazilian black movements that historically sought ways to contest Eurocentric and hierarchized views that determined the black population to inferior spaces of society. The chosen date for these activities was November 20, as homage to the Quilombo leader Zumbi dos Palmares who resisted the ills of the Brazilian enslavement process. However, it is our understanding that this form of black subordination is not restricted to the Brazilian context, rather, it passes on to race relations in several countries. Thus, as CES acts upon the struggle against racism and racial discrimination, we believe in the relevancy of conducting this discussion in the academia, in dialogue with the community, especially the social movements.

Objective
Promoting the debate, in various social spaces, on black consciousness as a way of overcoming hierarchical racism, the struggle against Eurocentric and colonial conceptions, with the intention of promoting ethnic-racial belonging processes.

Programme

19 November, 15h00 > CES-Coimbra - Room 1
Video conference
100 anos de Grande Otelo: racismo, cultura popular e as formas de resistência negra no cinema brasileiro.
Tadeu Pereira dos Santos (UFU)
Mediator: Shirley Miranda (UFMG/CES).

20 November, 15h00 > CES-Coimbra - Room 1
Cine Reflection
Film: Também somos irmãos by José Carlos Burle (1949, Brasil, 1h25)
With Vera Nunes, Grande Otelo, Aguinaldo Camargo and others. Synopsis: A widow in his fifties who cannot have children, adopts four children: two white and two black. During childhood all goes well, but through the course of time things change. Restrictions on black people heighten to the point of actual humiliation.
Mediator: Silvia Rodríguez Maeso (CES)