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Rhythmic uprising / direction, Benjamin Watkins ; producers, Benjamin Watkins, Eliciana Nascimento, Paulo Rogério Nunes ; a film produced by Big Wonderful Inc. in coproduction with Candace Cine Vídeo ; with guidance from Instituto de Mídia Étnica.
LIBRA DVD 026 306
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Brazil--Bahia (State)--Government relations.
- Black people.
- Black people--Race identity--Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Black people--Race identity.
- Quilombos.
- Candomblé.
- Politics and culture.
- Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Racism--Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Racism.
- Politics and culture--Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Candomblé--Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Capoeira (Dance)--Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Capoeira (Dance).
- Quilombos--Brazil--Bahia (State).
- Associação de Capoeira Angola Navio Negreiro.
- Bando de Teatro Olodum.
- Centro Projeto Axé de Proteção e Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente.
- Escola Picolino de Artes do Circo.
- Didá Banda Feminina.
- Ilê Aiyê (Organization).
- Quilombo dos Palmares (Brazil).
- Bahia (Brazil : State)--Civilization--African influences.
- Bahia (Brazil : State).
- Bahia (Brazil : State)--Race relations--Social aspects.
- Bahia (Brazil : State)--Race relations.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- [Widescreen presentation].
- Place of Publication:
- [Billings, MT] : Big Wonderful Inc., [2009]
- Language Note:
- In Portuguese; optional subtitles in English, Japanese and Spanish.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- "Rhythmic Uprising is a documentary that shows how the transformative powers of Afro-Brazilian performing arts are used to fight racism and inequality in Bahia, Brazil ... Cultural projects featured in the film include an all-women drum corps named DiDá, a circus group heavily rooted in Afro-Brazilian expressions named Circo Picolino, a theater group that portrays African myths named Bejé Eró and a Capoeira Angola association named ACANNE. Historical Afro-Brazilian cultural conventions featured in the film include capoeira, candomblé, quilombos, afoxês, and blocos afros"--Http://www.rhythmicuprising.org.
- Participant:
- Jorge Washington, Gey Espinheira, Margareth Menezes, Arany Santana.
- Credits:
- Videography, Bill Delano ... [et al.].
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2009.
- Special features: Making of: a musical behind the scenes look at what doc filmmaking is really like; podcasts: the Rhythmic Uprising Media Project video podcasts from 2006-2008; deleted scenes: animations, a brief history of the afoxês, a circus kids show and more.
- Aspect ratio 1.77:1.
- OCLC:
- 700526307
- Online:
- Official movie website
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