LAND OF NAZARÉ • 2019
DIRECTOR: Shaynna Pidori
COUNTRY: Brazil
RUNTIME: '40
SYNOPSIS: Nazaré Flor, poet, feminist, rural worker, community leader is the main character of the documentary Land of Nazaré. The film brings Nazaré back to tell her story and the story of her land, the settlement Maceió, located in the municipality of Itapipoca, Ceará - Brazil. Nazaré died of cancer at age 55 in 2007. The film gathers images of her daily life filmed in 2005 and stories of women of her community recorded in 2018.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Featurette
FEATURETTE
GRIOT • 2020
DIRECTOR: Pedro Dantas
COUNTRY: Brazil
RUNTIME: '35
SYNOPSIS: Griot: Storyteller, who does it as a poet. It is a living expression of popular culture. Who must also have the ability to improvise about current events. Afro tradition inherited by Afro-Brazilian culture. This audiovisual essay is based on orality, recorded with poets from São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, who express resistance, wisdom and criticism in the face of episodes of contemporary Brazilian history.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Featurette