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  • Raça
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2012
Format : Feature
Running time : 104 (in minutes)
http://racafilme.com/

Raça is a feature-documentary about race in Brazil, a topic igniting passionate debate across the country. Brazil imported ten times more slaves than the U.S. and was the last nation to abolish slavery. Yet, while race has been overtly divisive in most countries with a legacy of slavery, Brazil has long boasted of its intermixing and racial harmony. Today, however, Brazilians are awakening to the reality that opportunity increases directly with the whiteness of one's skin. Half of all Brazilians are of African descent-the world's second largest black population-yet they are nearly absent in the halls of power and history books. As their country's economy booms, millions of black Brazilians are no longer willing for the disparities between light and dark skin to be explained away by class. Raça follows three people on the frontlines of this hauntingly familiar, yet quintessentially Brazilian, battle for equality. In the modernist capital of Brasilia, the country's only black senator fights for landmark civil rights legislation. In the fast-paced metropolis of São Paulo, a famous black pop-star launches a TV station with a cast that looks like Brazil rather than Scandinavia. And deep in the rural countryside, a granddaughter of slaves mobilizes her neighbors to defend ancestral land rights. Together, they form a vibrant portrait of a people struggling to redefine themselves and their nation.

A film by Megan Mylan & Joel Zito Araujo

Brazil, 2012, Documentary, 1h46

presenting Elda Maria Dos Santos, Jose De Paula Neto, Paulo Paim

directors
JOEL ZITO ARAÚJO
MEGAN MYLAN

assistant director
LUIS CARLOS ALENCAR

editors
JORDANA BERG
MEGAN MYLAN

camera
ALBERTO BELLEZIA
ANDRES CUNHA
BRETT WILEY
CLEUMO SEGOND
LUIS MIYASAKA
MARIO FURLONI
MICHAEL CHIN
PEDRO URANO

sound
MEGAN MYLAN
ALAERSON CLAUDIONOR DA SILVA COELHO
MARCOS RESENDO MANNA
PAUL RUSNAK
PAULO HENRIQUE DA SILVA
PAULO HENRIQUE SEABRA
PEDRO MOREIRA
TONINHO MURICY

field producers
MARIO FURLONI
PATRÍCIA FREITAS
VALENTINA HOMEM

post-production producer
MARCELO LESSA

additional editing
PURCELL CARSON

production assistants
CARLOS AUGUSTO SANTOS
JEFFERSON GONÇALVES
NATALIA PIRES
MATHEUS DE CASTRO OLIVEIRA

editing and research assistants
BARBARA VIDA
CARLOS EDUARDO BARROS
ÉDIPO PEREIRA FERRAZ
GLÁUCIA ALMEIDA MARINHO

post production
TITÂNIO PRODUÇOES

color grader
PAULO M. ANDRADE

audio post
BERKELEY SOUND ARTISTS
JAMIE BRANQUINHO
CHASE KEEHN

additional sound editing
DENILSON CAMPOS
WALDIR XAVIER

music
SEU ANTONIO
LUCIO REBELLO

executive producers
JOEL ZITO ARAÚJO
MEGAN MYLAN

presenting
ELDA MARIA DOS SANTOS
JOSE DE PAULA NETO
PAULO PAIM

a production of
PRINCIPE PRODUCTIONS
CASA DE CRIAÇÃO CINEMA

A co-production of Principe Productions and Casa de Criação
With support from the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and PetroBras.

special thanks
COMUNIDADE DE LINHARINHO
GABINETE DO SENADOR PAULO PAIM
EQUIPE DA TV DA GENTE
ADILSON BARBOSA
ALEJANDRO VILLANUEVA
ANDRES THOMPSON
ANA TONI
ANTONIO PINTO
ATHAYDE MOTTA
CONAQ
CENTRAL ÚNICA DAS FAVELAS
CINDY LESSA
COLETIVO AQUATUNE
COLETIVO DENEGRIR - UERJ
CONCEIÇÃO LOURENÇO
CRISTINA OLIVEIRA
DEBORAH HOFFMANN
DENISE DORA
DEPUTADO ANTÔNIO ROBERTO
ELÍSIO LOPES JR.
GUSTAVO MELLO
HASANI DAMAZEO
HEDERVERTON SANTOS
IRACEMA DANTAS
ISABELA MONTEIRO
JIM SMITH
JÔ BRANDÃO
JOCELENE IGNACIO
JOSÉ GUERRA
JUSSEMARA TOLENTINO
JUSTIÇA GLOBAL
KRISTEN MCCLOUD
LISA HELLER
LUCIANA LIMA
LUCIANA SANTOS
MANDATO ANTONIO ROBERTO
MANOEL FERNANDO
MATILDE RIBEIRO
MAURO PORTO
MYLLENA CALAZANS
NILCÉIA FREIRE
NOLAND WALKER
ORLANDO BAGWELL
PEDRO KOS
PVNC
REINALDO BULGARELLI
RENATO BARBIERI
RODRIGO FREITAS
RUI MESQUITA
SANDRO SÁ
SERGIO BARCELLOS
SUMAYA LIMNA
SUZANA GUERRA
SUZANNE YEO
TERRA WEIKEL
VERUSKA FRANKLIN

archival material courtesy of
TV CÂMARA
TV JUSTIÇA
TV SENADO

institutional partners
CUFA
FUNDO BAÓBA

made possible by
FORD FOUNDATION
ANCINE
PETROBRAS
WK KELLOGG FOUNDATION

(c) 2012 principe productions, inc. e casa de criação cinema

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PT

RAÇA capta a história de três pessoas na linha de frente da batalha contemporânea pela igualdade, em um país que se orgulha de ser exemplo de democracia racial. Entre eles o esforço do Senador Paulo Paim para sancionar a lei do "Estatuto da Igualdade Racial" no Congresso Nacional, em Brasília. Autor do projeto original que demorou quase uma década para ser aprovado. O documentário também apresenta a luta de Miúda dos Santos - neta de africanos escravizados e ativista quilombola - pela posse das terras e pelo respeito às suas tradições ancestrais da Comunidade Quilombola de Linharinho, no Espírito Santo. E Netinho de Pauloa e os bastidores da trajetória do cantor, apresentador e empresário durante todo o processo de criação e tentativa de consolidar do seu canal TV da Gente formado majoritariamente por profissionais negros.

Documentário | 104' | Cor | Brasil-EUA | 2012

PRINCIPE PRODUCTIONS E CASA DE CRIAÇÃO
APRESENTAM
RAÇA

com NETINHO DE PAULA, MIÚDA DOS SANTOS E PAULO PAIM

Editores
Jordana BERG e Megan MYLAN

Asistente de direção
Luis Carlos DE ALENCAR

Dirigido e produzido por
JOEL ZITO ARAÚJO e MEGAN MYLAN

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