Clique aqui para Português Tinguá is a rather bucolic region of Nova Iguaçu, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by hills with dense vegetation and areas of environmental protection. What breaks with this vision of […]
Clique aqui para Português Despite the heavy rain on March 8, the line from the Odeon Theater in Rio de Janeiro’s Cinêlandia spilled out of the front doors and wrapped around the block. The attendees […]
Clique aqui para Português A powerful new exhibit is launching in New York this December: Black Brazilian Women: Presence and Power. Organized by a SUNY-New Paltz master’s student, Sandra Coleman, the exhibit tells stories of 49 black Brazilian […]
Clique aqui para Português On May 9, journalists were invited to an advanced screening of the documentary “Baixada Never Gives Up.” The film, directed by Italy’s Christian Tragni and Brazil’s Juliana Spinola, introduces the world to […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a series by researcher Stephanie Reist,* on Rio’s metropolitan region. It is part 1 of 2 articles introducing the Baixada Fluminense. For part 2 on the region’s culture, […]