{"id":64735,"date":"2021-03-10T06:53:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T09:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=64735"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T15:20:01","slug":"what-favela-did-you-build-in-your-minds-two-black-filmmakers-discuss-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=64735","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;What Favela Did You Build in Your Minds?&#8217; Black Filmmakers Discuss &#8216;City of God&#8217; [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CcL3DQHxeKM\" width=\"1030\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3aMBRIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PT-e1439583827971.png\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/QualFavela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English subtitled mini-documentary<\/a>\u00a0is the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AntiracistFavelas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The starting point for <em>&#8216;What Favela Did You Build in Your Minds?&#8217;<\/em> is fear. Fear of the favela and of the <em>favelado<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2oHMvcq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">built in the collective imaginary by Brazilian cinema<\/a>.\u00a0The fear I have experienced since childhood. In the 2000s, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2oA126l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a series of films containing stigmatized views<\/a> of Rio&#8217;s favelas\u2014such as <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2LNGKW2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of God<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Ze6f8x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Once Upon a Time in Rio<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3d8KD5M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last Stop 174<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/373CyLJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elite Squad<\/a> <\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/glo.bo\/2pjlEUq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Men<\/a><\/em>\u2014were produced and I, as a resident of a neighborhood in the interior of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2WQnY1Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nova Igua\u00e7u<\/a>, in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2KWNzV0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baixada Fluminense<\/a>, became a child spectator of such films. I remember that, during this time, I was very scared of walking in <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2NhIaeD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centro<\/a>, Rio\u2019s downtown, and scared of the favela that was being built in my mind as an unsafe place, a place where someone might take my life at any moment.<\/p>\n<p>The mini documentary <em>&#8216;What Favela Did You Build in Your Minds?&#8217;<\/em> comes from a place of discomfort with what is taken as common sense, with patterns that have been introduced by dominant narratives about the favela. <em>&#8216;What Favela Did You Build in Your Minds?&#8217; <\/em>focuses on the testimonies and analyses of two black filmmakers: filmmaker and historian <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3acwuCn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly Tiburcio<\/a>, director of the film <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3s0fZ2H\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">N\u00e3o Grita<\/a> <\/em>(Don\u2019t Scream), and filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3jKf2Zg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuri Costa<\/a>, director of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3aU8Jyg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Egum<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s always violence for violence\u2019s sake. At no point does [the film] problematize why it\u2019s like that. It doesn\u2019t present a critical view, it\u2019s just a display [of violence]&#8230; I\u2019ve tried to propose another type of representation [of the favela] in a more commercial context\u2026 [the examining committee] criticized me, \u2018no drug dealers in your story?\u2019 \u2026 [They asked me:] get some violence in here.\u201d \u2014 Kelly Tiburcio<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe invisibility of black production in this country isn&#8217;t just a product of negligence, of ignorance. It\u2019s a [political] project&#8230; [We must have] a new narrative, built from scratch, modeled after black references.\u201d \u2014 Yuri Costa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Watch the mini-doc with English subtitles above or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/QualFavela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><em>Cleyton Santanna hold degrees in journalism and screenwriting from <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2XT3dYf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFRRJ<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3pGPU6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CriaAtivo Film School<\/a>. He uses <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3qGqBDt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his YouTube channel<\/a> to address oddities, ancestry, and Afro-Brazilian culture. In 2017, he produced two documentaries: \u201cEntre Negros\u201d (Between Blacks) and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2P1xdyj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tudo Vai Ficar Bem<\/a>\u201d (Everything is Gonna Be OK), and was recognized as a screenwriter in 2018 by the Creative Economy Network for the short \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3bGKRib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vandinho<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 He is currently a communicator for The Museum of Tomorrow and hosts the <a href=\"http:\/\/spoti.fi\/2OQPVsg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Influ\u00eancia Negra<\/a> podcast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/QualFavela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English subtitled mini-documentary<\/a>\u00a0is the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AntiracistFavelas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Share your opinion about this article by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/OpineAntirracismo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0(Portuguese).<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Support\u00a0RioOnWatch\u2019s tireless, critical and cutting-edge hyperlocal journalism, online community organizing meetings, and direct support to favelas\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/DonateToRioOnWatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>by clicking here.<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>\ufeff\ufeff Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas This\u00a0English subtitled mini-documentary\u00a0is the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, \u201cRooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro.\u201d The starting point for &#8216;What <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=64735\" title=\"&#8216;What Favela Did You Build in Your Minds?&#8217; 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