CINEMA



As a continent where oral culture occupies a predominant position, Africa is also a territory where images and their multiple meanings play an extremely important role. In partnership with the Embassy of France in Brazil, the Pan-African Exhibition of Contemporary Art brings to Brazil an initiative that has contributed decisively for the mapping, the incentive, the interchange and the dissemination of cinema in the continent: the Festival Panafricain du Cinema et de la Television (FESPACO) from Ouagadougou, in Burkina Fasso (Pan-African Cinema and Television Festival), herein represented by the series “L’Afrique se filme”, which gathers 18 films selected due to its originality and contemporarity. As a counterpoint, the exhibition was proud to present the film, “Filhas do vento” (“Daughters of the wind”), by Joel Zito Araújo, a feature film with the largest Black cast in the history of Brazilian cinema. The movie, a universal drama that narrates the conflicts between women of a same family, breaks with the stereotypes usually reserved to Afro-Brazilian actors.

"FILHAS DO VENTO"

FESTIVAL PANAFRICAIN DU CINÉMA ET DE LA TÉLÉVISION (FESPACO)