The history of Monte Carlo has roots in the Contestado War, which is why it is so important to talk about this subject and debate the formation of the people who inhabit the region that was contested more than 100 years ago. With this in mind, VMS Produções and Pupilo TV bring to Monte Carlo the 3rd Chica Pelega Film Festival – quilombola edition. An opportunity to debate this subject through cinema.
On Wednesday, July 12, the second day of the In-Person Festival, the residents of Monte Carlo can attend, from 7:30 p.m. at the Auditorium of E.E.B.M. Erci Dick, the screening of the following short films: Sobreviventes do Taquaruçu (1985), Invernada dos Negros – fotografia e vídeo (2011) and Antonieta (2015).
The in-person festival begins on Friday (07/07), in Fraiburgo, from 7:30 p.m., at E.M.E.F. Professor Eurico Pinz, in the São Miguel neighborhood, where the shorts can be seen: Blackout (2016), NovoMundo (2020) and Disque Quilombola(2012).
Closing the programme, the Invernada dos Negros Remaining Quilombo Community, in Campos Novos, opens its doors for the screening of the short films Vãnh gõ tõ Laklãnõ (2022), Disque Quilombola (2012), A Sússia (2018) and Invernada dos negros – fotografia e vídeo (2011).
In May, as a counterpart, the film workshop O Minuto que foi took place, when Cuban filmmaker Yasser Socarrás González told his story and guided the quilombolas, who were thus able to make their own short films – which will be screened on all days of the in-person festival. The three films produced in the workshop are: A luta de um quilombola polinário (Campo dos Poli/ Fraiburgo), No batuque dos tambores: o sonho de muitos (Invernada dos Negros/Campos Novos) and Luta e resistência (Invernada dos Negros/Campos Novos).
In addition to the in-person Festival, a completely free online Festival also takes place during the month of July, with 28 films screening on the website https://chicapelega.com.br and three more livestreams where the theme can be broadened in conversations with residents of the quilombola territories.
After all the sessions, there will be conversations addressing the themes and particularities of the films screened. The 3rd Chica Pelega Film Festival was selected by the Elisabete Anderle Culture Support Award – 2022 Edition, carried out with funds from the Government of the State of Santa Catarina, through the Catarinense Culture Foundation.
MONTE CARLO, quarta-feira, 12 de julho 19h30
E.E.B.M. Erci Dick
Rua Joaquim Corrêa de Melo, 214, Centro
Sobreviventes de Taquaruçu (1985)
Synopsis: The video presents testimonies of Survivors of Taquaruçu – Contestado War. It was recorded and produced around 1986. As it was on cassette tape, its conversion resulted in regular image quality. But it is excellent historical archive material. Note: The producers made every effort to identify authorship and are available to anyone who may wish to come forward regarding the license to use the images and/or audio reproduced on this platform.
Invernada dos negros – fotografia e vídeo (2011) Directed by Daniel Herrera, André Constantin
Synopsis: In southern Brazil, “invernada” means a time of winter, a place of shelter for the herds. Through popular language, the word came to name a rare episode of the country’s history of slavery: the Invernada dos Negros – a stronghold of Afro-descendants who keep alive the memory and struggle of the enslaved heirs of an old farm on the Santa Catarina plateau. Fragments of this striking history make up the photography and video project titled Invernada dos Negros, twice awarded under the National Prize for Afro-Brazilian Cultural Expressions of the Palmares Foundation (2010-2012). The project has generated exhibitions and educational actions across Brazilian regions and cities but has never been shown on television. The proposal is to revisit the images and sounds of the characters and places of Invernada dos Negros in a documentary for television. At the center of the narrative is the ritualization of the photographic image of the Invernada’s characters, with the memories of the place as crossed and underlying storylines.
Antonieta (2015) Directed by Flávia Person
Synopsis: “Antonieta” is a documentary about Antonieta de Barros (1901-1952) — a woman, Black, teacher, chronicler, and feminist who in 1935 became the first Black woman to hold an elected office in the country.
Films produced in the counterpart workshop O Minuto que foi:
A luta de um quilombola polinário (2023)
Synopsis: The film briefly portrays the struggle of the remnants of the Campo dos Poli quilombo, in Fraiburgo/SC. Cristiane Goulart is quilombola and shares memories of her grandparents and of the family with the taking of the territory; her partner, Alessandro Pereira, adds by exposing the situation of quilombola education and the challenges they face. Besides the couple, João Carlos Rodrigues, a member of APAFEC, contributes his thoughts on the struggle.
Luta e resistência – Invernada dos negros (2023)
Synopsis: Living in the quilombola community Invernada dos Negros demands much struggle and resistance, especially to realize its residents’ dreams. Dreams long idealized, dreams their ancestors had and could not fulfill. Over time, new quilombola families formed and arrived in the community, bringing with them the desire to plant, produce and build their homes, to show that with struggle and much resilience it is possible to achieve the goals they set.
Nos batuques dos tambores: o sonho de muitos (2023)
Synopsis: We are the continuation of our ancestors’ history and the hope of our children. Life gradually teaches us a fundamental truth: dreams, struggle and resistance are what will lead us to the end of the road successfully. The “griots” (read griôs) are considered living libraries of all stories. Stories that are passed from one generation to another through “oral tradition,” that is, through speech and orality, and not through writing. Thus, the griôs keep and pass on memories, dreams and teachings that unite elders, adults and children, connecting past, present and future. The African griôs tell, sing, play musical instruments and dramatize the stories they narrate. That is why they are also considered complete artists.
Lives
The 3rd Chica Pelega Film Festival – quilombola edition begins on Saturday (July 1st), with the opening livestream at 7:30 p.m. On that day the short film Disque Quilombola (2012) will be screened. After the screening, Vanda Pinedo and Lu Kilombola talk about the festival and the quality of the films it offers. The mediation will be by Sinclair Biazotti.
The second livestream takes place on 07/15 (Saturday) at 4 p.m. with the title Luta Quilombola na Mostra Chica Pelega and will be a conversation with the leaders of the Invernada dos Negros and Campo dos Poli Remaining Quilombo Communities, bringing together griôs (older residents who pass on quilombola history and traditions to the younger ones) and leaders for a conversation about their similarities and differences in the processes of recognition of their lands and their cultural characteristics. The livestream will be mediated by Rafaell Marcelino.
For the closing livestream, on 07/28 at 7:30 p.m., the chosen short film was Pele Negra, Justiça Branca (2022), which recalls the Gracinha Case, in which Maria Graça de Jesus, a resident of the Toca de Santa Cruz Remaining Quilombo Community, had her two daughters taken by the Guardianship Council, without justification. After the screening, the conversation will be with Maria Helena Thomaz and Adriana Ferreira da Silva of the Afro-Brazilian Studies Center (NEAB/UDESC).
SERVIÇO
3rd Chica Pelega Film Festival – quilombola edition
What? 3rd Chica Pelega Film Festival – quilombola edition (film sessions and livestreams)
When? July 1 to 31, online and in-person sessions
Where? Online at https://chicapelega.com.br and in-person sessions in Fraiburgo, Monte Carlo and Campos Novos
Full programme: https://chicapelega.com.br/programacao
How much: Free
Produced by: VMS, Pupilo TV and the Quilombola Curatorial Committee
Cultural support: Unified Black Movement/MNU, Afro-Brazilian Studies Center – NEAB/UDESC and the Paulo Freire Association for Education and Popular Culture/APAFEC
Funding: Elisabete Anderle Culture Support Award – 2022 Edition, Catarinense Culture Foundation and Government of the State of Santa Catarina
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