{"id":68863,"date":"2022-01-18T10:06:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T13:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=68863"},"modified":"2022-02-02T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T12:49:55","slug":"slam-video-putrid-nation-video-uprootingracism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=68863","title":{"rendered":"Slam Poetry: Putrid Nation [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39Q_wH-VoWk\" 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=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3FEkPJB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PT-e1439583827971.png\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/Putria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slam video<\/a> is the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AntiracistFavelaIntro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas<\/a>: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro.\u201d Follow our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AntiracistRio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas series here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Putrid Nation<\/em> is a slam video\u2014video-art in monologue form, presenting a poem by the same name recited by the author himself, Marcos Vinicios de Souza. With a critical approach, the poem <em>Putrid Nation <\/em>tackles the reflexes and consequences of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lYYNgW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">structural racism<\/a> and of <a href=\"https:\/\/glo.bo\/3GOJix9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hygienist public policies<\/a> aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2XB2ywt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">black favela residents<\/a>. Based on the author&#8217;s journey and life experience\u2014being male, young, black and living in a favela\u2014the poem features chronic social issues faced by favela residents, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3CJ102N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paternal absence<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3dRrimP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police violence<\/a>. In the form of poetic narrative, the video lays bare contemporary themes experienced by black youth living in peripheries through the structure made popular by slams, which have taken over the world&#8217;s peripheries and favelas.<\/p>\n<p>Marcos Vinicios de Souza, author and interpreter of the poem, and Saulo Nicolai, creator and director of the slam video, grew up together in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1wSocaK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morro do Fogueteiro<\/a>, in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1p1GMFc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Rio<\/a> which, as they recall, was considered a dangerous favela when they were both children, in the 1990s and 2000s. Souza and Nicolai were children who survived offenses ranging from abuses at the hands of public authorities to duress by local traffickers, being constantly put in a position to make difficult life choices. Years later, the two young adults met again through art and launched partnerships geared toward independent artistic expression with the resources they had at their disposal.<\/p>\n<p><em>Slam Video: Putrid Nation <\/em>utilizes the language and aesthetics of the slam movement from around the country&#8217;s favelas using the forms available to convey these territories&#8217; everyday and cultural realities.<\/p>\n<h3>Transcription of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/Putria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slam Poem &#8216;Putrid Nation&#8217;<\/a>:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Video-slam-Putria.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-68868 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Video-slam-Putria-620x264.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Video-slam-Putria-620x264.png 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Video-slam-Putria-1030x438.png 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>Putrid Nation, by Marcos Vinicios<\/h3>\n<p>Enough from the well-off.<br \/>\nFor I can no longer look at these paintings.<br \/>\nPainted with the red blood of black skins.<br \/>\nAnd deny that with every bashing I get<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know if the worst is yet to come, you get it?<br \/>\nEvery time they stop me it&#8217;s a bullet to the head.<br \/>\nMaking me forget there&#8217;s goodness in the heart.<br \/>\nWhat takes over is hate.<br \/>\nI always feel like I\u2019m last on the podium.<br \/>\nAnd it makes me believe that every scramble was in vain.<br \/>\nEvery battle, so much grief.<br \/>\nEvery time that I woke early to struggle<br \/>\nSons of Ustra, they want me gone.<br \/>\nConsult the opinion polls, it makes it easier to kill.<br \/>\nBut to them it\u2019s super \u201cchill\u201d<br \/>\nIt won\u2019t come out in the newspapers.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s just a stat to add up.<br \/>\nAnd where are you?<br \/>\nGone!<br \/>\nNation that bore you<br \/>\nSon of Brazil<br \/>\nThe whore that stayed, and the ass**** that&#8217;s gone.<br \/>\nAnd a kid left behind.<br \/>\nBack to back, or black.<br \/>\nBut it&#8217;s all the same to them. like Tim Maia that went and never came back.<br \/>\nAnd nullified his own future, with one or over 80 punctures.<br \/>\nStitch the wound when each one of us is gone.<br \/>\nEnough jazz, I want peace to become our reality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Watch the Slam Video Here:<\/h3>\n<p><em>About the director: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wbCSTU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saulo Nicolai<\/a> is a visual artist and social activist with a degree in film directing from the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/33yfQqC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darcy Ribeiro Film School<\/a>, born and raised in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1wSocaK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morro do Fogueteiro<\/a>. As a photographer, he has had <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BYJ6b6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">works shown<\/a> in New York art galleries, at S\u00e3o Paulo&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3n458Fh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lasar Segall Museum<\/a>, and Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s Museum of Modern Art in 2016 and 2019. As a filmmaker, he received his first award at age 12 writing the script for the short <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ECGBge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What&#8217;s Up: An Adventure in Morro dos Prazeres<\/a>. He is a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3BMMplw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Favelagrafia<\/a> collective and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3H40nDo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won two Bronze Lions<\/a> in 2017 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3q0UFMF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Festival of Creativity<\/a> in Cannes in the categories entertainment and design.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>About the slammer: Marcos Vinicios de Souza is a dancer, photographer, filmmaker, producer and actor born and raised in Morro do Fogueteiro. He began his artistic journey at age 15 through dance. In the audiovisual arts, he attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3GPaY4T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CriaAtivo Film School<\/a>, permeating various forms of expression to record and tell his story and the stories of those around him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article is the latest contribution to our year-long reporting project, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AntiracistFavelaIntro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas<\/a>: Deconstructing Social Narratives About Racism in Rio de Janeiro.\u201d Follow our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/AntiracistFavelas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rooting Anti-Racism in the Favelas series here<\/a>.<\/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><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Support\u00a0<\/b><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i 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