An aesthetic of violence present in Brazilian cinema and the erasure of black women in audiovisual productions

To think about Brazilian cinema history and black women as one, still sounds like a very distant thing, due to the erasure of these female film productor in our country's history. This article was initiated from the concerns that have arisen when EBC's (Empresa Brasileira de Comunicação) a...

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Main Authors: Bárbara Cezano Rody, Larissa Patron Chaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2020-07-01
Series:Revista Gearte
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Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/gearte/article/view/100752
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Summary:To think about Brazilian cinema history and black women as one, still sounds like a very distant thing, due to the erasure of these female film productor in our country's history. This article was initiated from the concerns that have arisen when EBC's (Empresa Brasileira de Comunicação) aired news about women participation as filmmakers and also about the lack of visibility of black female filmmakers participation in this scenario. Didn’t these women actually exist in this scenario, or is this another consequence of our bodies invisibility?
ISSN:2357-9854