2023
Miguel Rio Branco - redefining the image
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Miguel Rio Branco - redefining the image
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Miguel Rio Branco, one of the biggest names in Brazilian art world and a member of the prestigious Magnum agency, guides us through a world of a multiplicity of artistic expressions that make him a restless, prominent artist who does not accept labels. In his latest works, which are always on the edge of the avant-garde, Rio Branco wants to redefine the concept of image and give new meaning to his immense photographic archive.
According to his statements, the idea is now to express himself in a series in which he writes with images. On a filmic tour of his home, which is also his studio and studio, Miguel takes us on a true time travel time full of memories and history.
2019
En Bora - Beyond Amazon's Riverbanks
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En Bora - Beyond Amazon's Riverbanks
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“Soy Indio” (“I’m Indian”) and “Soy Bora” (“I’m Bora”). This is the way Aladino defines himself. Aladino is a shaman from Pebas, a remote village in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon. Shamans are healers, using the coca plant (ground to perfection), tobacco, sugar cane rum, and “ampiri” (a mixture of tobacco with wild tree salt) to heal local people. The expertise and millennial histories are passed down from generation to generation of Bora Tribesman.
With the world completely globalized, Aladino is now an exile in his own land. While his culture is fading, the most important healing element for the Boras, the coca plant, is where he finds the strength to keep on living like a true shaman. The long-term project is a multimedia story about a man standing against the decimation of millennial culture. The approach is as if we were in his mind, feeling the psychological changes on this metaphoric journey about Amazon’s spirituality and a battle of a shaman not to be like everyone else.
2017
Pena e Maracá - A Encantaria do Fundo
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Pena e Maracá - A Encantaria do Fundo
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In the mystical city of Soure, deep in the rivers and streams on the Island of Marajo in Brazil, resides the Enchanted. These Beings of Light, channeled through local shamans and healers, possess the power to heal, and the practice of their teachings and powers is known as Pajelança Cabocla, commonly referred to as Pena and Maracá. Amid chants and prayers, gourds and wooden spoons, white gowns, and earth surgeons, feathers and maracas, we embark on a journey through the invisible realm of the "Encantaria do Fundo." The tales of the characters in the film will unveil the intricacies of this healing practice and shed light on the future of a culture that stands as one of the most distinctive in the Amazon.
2015
Article 6 - We Don´t Wanna Become a Statistic
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The single paragraph of Article 6 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution defines as social rights education, healthcare, nutrition, labor, housing, leisure, security, social welfare, maternity and childhood protection, assistance to the unprotected ones.
These rights are denied to the occupants of the IBGE abandoned building, as well as to a significant part of Brazil's population. IBGE residents live in improvised shelters, whose rooms are created by wood beams and pieces of curtains, with no electricity or piped water, and where garbage and waste are surrounding them
The occupied ruins are located in the heart of Mangueira, one of the most famous favelas in Rio de Janeiro, internationally well-known for its long samba tradition. Residents' routine is the explicit denunciation of authorities' negligence, also considering the number of public resources spent in Maracana stadium - so close but so far at the same time -. Have the investments missed the address by a distance of the only a 15-minute walk, or have they forgotten the priorities?
In times when the risk of arbitrary removal is imminent, this project, besides being a photo essay and a short documentary, is a complaint. The intention is to gain attention from authorities and public institutions, and it also aims to sensitize and mobilize the public in order to guarantee a proper home for all these families.