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sesctv.org.br São Paulo, Brazil 2024
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Shared Immersions Sesc São Paulo
In the context of contemporary issues, the digital medium—a powerful catalyst for communicational demands—brings together a multitude of content spanning the various areas of knowledge, as well as the offer of remote services. The metaphor of a kaleidoscope accessed by different audiences exemplifies this context in which the SescTV channel is inserted. In this sense, to plan for the future it is essential to consider the present scenario having history as a value. Thus, it is worth mentioning the start of the Sesc/Senac TV Network in the year 2000, with shared management by the two institutions in its name. As an evolution of this experience, Sesc received sole control of the channel in 2006, creating what is now SescTV, a channel which has immersed itself in the technological potential for greater reach, seeking to democratize the access to its content. Its cultural programming, avaliable twenty-four hours a day, includes series and documentaries along with formats that support different artistic languages—such as the broadcast of theater productions and films—and also panels and interviews that offer critical discussions about contemporary society. From a transversal perspective, SescTV is still writing its history in the digital environment, amassing a collection of almost ten thousand titles. That’s the strength, guided by the plurality of themes based on fiction and reality, that helps it fulfills its educational and sociocultural role, with the mission to fuel exchanges that expand personal and collective repertoires, collaborating for a more diversified human development. Let the access to quality content in the digital universe, still marked by social inequalities, become increasingly equitable; let it open paths to a more just, reflective, and self-critical society.
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Sesc’s Cultural Channel SescTV
Based on a selection that focus mainly on Brazilian programs and independent audiovisual productions, SescTV is the place where contemporary meets the past, presenting a schedule that brings both current events and recent artistic and cultural production to discussion, aiming to rescue and revive our memory. The channel uses television as a medium for narrative, artistic and poetic experimentation: It creates content that incorporate and combines experimentation, reflection, and provocation, firmly believing in the autonomy of the viewer for an active construction of meaning in their interaction with the works. SescTV’s works to create a large audiovisual collection on Brazilian culture and society, with selected licensed content and original programming, representing the full diversity and plurality that is present in our people and our culture. After all, our singularity - what represents us as unique - should go hand in hand with what we share – everything that unites us and that defines our cultural identity. Such diversity and plurality come alive from our content, where it takes form through the most diverse formats, blurring outdated boundaries between real and invented in documentaries and fiction, clashing erudite and popular in series, concerts, and debates; and bringing different views from various areas such as visual arts, theater, dance, literature, and music. The selection we’re about to present in the following pages deals with a wide variety of themes, from education and philosophy to sustainability and human rights, from race, gender and sexuality to architecture and urbanism: you are now invited see the world where we live through SescTV’s eyes.
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SERIES 3 4 5
IMERSÕES COMPARTILHADAS SHARED IMMERSIONS INMERSIONES COMPARTIDAS
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Histories of Gestures
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CANAL CULTURAL DO SESC 100O Years of Culture and Conflict SESC’S CULTURAL CHANNEL Literary Gathering EL CANAL CULTURAL DEL SESC Amazon – Archaeology of the Forest
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Architectures
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The City in Brazil AMAZÔNIA - ARQUEOLOGIA DA FLORESTA Restless Theater AMAZON – ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE FOREST AMAZONIA–ARQUEOLOGÍA DEL BOSQUE Cinema Dreams Collections FOI CARMEN Compacts SHE WAS CARMEN Reverse Shot FUE CARMEN Contemporary Dance
GALÁXIAS - OLHARES SOBRE O Brazil 38 22 Lifetime
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GALAXIES – PERSPECTIVES OF BRAZIL Fragments GALAXIAS - MIRADAS SOBRE BRAZIL Pop Philosophy
She Was Carmen
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Galaxies – Perspectives of Brazil
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Inhabit / Habitat EDGAR MORIN – DIÁRIOS ABERTOS DE UM HUMANISTA Hyperreal EDGAR MORIN – THE OPEN DIARIES OF A HUMANIST EDGAR MORIN – DIARIOS ABIERTOS DE UN HUMANISTA Sesc Brazil Instrumental
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Lamartine Babo LOUCEIRAS Mirada - A Place for Viewing POTTERS ALFAREAS Monuments
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Guitar Movements AMOR SELVAGEM We,RITO BlackDO People WILD LOVE RITUAL Crafstmanship RITO DE AMOR SALVAJE Backstage
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68 FICHA Paulo Freire, Man of the World TÉCNICA SESC – SERVIÇO SOCIAL DO COMÉRCIO 70 SESCPolicarpo Quaresma CREDITS
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Sounds from Brazil
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Super Libris
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Theater & Circumstance
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Theater According to Antunes Filho
DOCUMENTARIES
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IMERSÕES COMPARTILHADAS SHARED IMMERSIONS INMERSIONES COMPARTIDAS
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O CANAL CULTURAL 86 22 in XXI DO SESC SESC’S CULTURAL CHANNEL 88 A’uté A’uwê Uptabi: To Be an A’uwê Child EL CANAL CULTURAL DEL SESC 90 Baré, People from the River
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SÉRIES
Interactions – When Cinema Looks to Nature
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It’s a Circus
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The Color of Football: Comercial F.C. – Ghost Team
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96 The Color of Football: Raised by Football AMAZÔNIA - ARQUEOLOGIA DA FLORESTA 98 Color of Football: An American AMAZON – The ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE FOREST Poet AMAZONIA–ARQUEOLOGÍA 100 Dasiwa’uburéze - DEL Our BOSQUE Culture
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102 Edgard Morin - Open Diaries of a Humanist FOI CARMEN 104 Hygiene – XIX Theatre Company SHE WAS CARMEN 106 Interferences FUE CARMEN 108 Kunhangue Arandu – The Wisdom of Women
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GALÁXIAS -Potters OLHARES SOBRE O Brazil 110 GALAXIES – PERSPECTIVES OF BRAZIL 112 Idleness, Leisure, and Free Time GALAXIAS - MIRADAS SOBRE BRAZIL 114 Wild Love Ritual
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Tuã Ingugu – Eyes of Water
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A Reading of Cowrie Shells
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Grandfather In The Living Room: EDGAR MORIN – DIÁRIOS ABERTOS DE UM HUMANISTA The Gentle Prose of Antonio Candido EDGAR MORIN – THE OPEN DIARIES OF A HUMANIST 122 MORIN Sawé – Indigenous Leaders inUN theHUMANISTA Fight for Territory EDGAR – DIARIOS ABIERTOS DE
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LOUCEIRAS 126 Antunes Filho – From Heart to Eye POTTERS ALFAREAS
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RITO DO AMOR SELVAGEM WILD LOVE RITUAL RITO DE AMOR SALVAJE
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Lia de Itamaracá Live
FICHA TÉCNICA SESC – SERVIÇO SOCIAL DO COMÉRCIO SESC CREDITS FICHA TÉCNICA SESC – SERVIÇO SOCIAL DO COMÉRCIO
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Series
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Histories of Gestures Standing, Falling, Sitting, Jumping, and Turning. Each episode looks at the history, transformation, and interaction of these five gestures in different times and contexts, through a critical reading that exposes how political, social, and economic tensions intertwine with bodies. It’s a journey through some well-known - but rarely questioned – gestures, based on the book Histoires de Gestes by Isabelle Launay and Marie Glon.
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DIRECTION Elisabete Finger PRESENTEND SescTV EPISODES 5 12’ / 14 years / Brazil / 2022
100 Years of Culture and Conflict Contemporary historians and thinkers discuss the historical events that shaped current Brazilian politics and culture. Movements such as the Week of Modern Art and Tenentism, both of which took place in 1922, are investigated, guiding the viewer in a dialog about events that were influenced by the ideologies from the early 20th century and shaped by the cultural heritage of the 19th century, defining the uncertain trajectory of the Republic and Democracy.
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DIRECTION João Batista de Andrade PRODUCTION PaleoTV EPISODES 16 26’ / 12 years / Brazil / 2023
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Literary Gathering This series is an opportunity to get to know or delve deeper into the literary universe of acclaimed writers of different genres from different eras and from around the world, such as James Joyce, from Ireland, Machado de Assis, from Brazil, or William Burroughs, from the United States. Having Professor Susanna Ventura as guide and featuring a performance by actor Clóvis Torres, in each episode guest writers read and interpret texts by other authors or translators. Among the participants are Ana Miranda, Contardo Calligaris, Fabrício Carpinejar, Julián Fuks, Juliano Pessanha, and Lygia Fagundes Telles.
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DIRECTION Albert Klinke PRODUCTION TVN EPISODES 26 30 a 60’/ All ages to 12+ / Brazil / 2012
DIRECTION Tatiana Toffoli PRODUCTION Elástica Filmes EPISODES 4 / 60’ / All Ages / Brazil / 2022
Amazon – Archaeology of the Forest
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This series follows the investigations of archaeologist Eduardo Góes Neves and his team at the archaeological site of Monte Castelo, a riverside shell mound built six thousand years ago by Indigenous peoples who lived on the banks of the Guaporé River, in the state of Rondônia. The excavations reveal objects, adornments, and human remains in what used to be a cemetery, as well as agricultural remnants that prove how Indigenous peoples transformed the forest, challenging the idea that the region was devoid of human presence.
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Architectures How famous sights like the Anhangabaú Valley, in São Paulo; the Lapa Arches, in Rio de Janeiro; or the Estação Square, in Belo Horizonte, were planned and constructed, and how did they change over the decades? Through historical images and interviews with architects, historians, artists, and dwellers, this series shows the origin of iconic Brazilian architectural landmarks. While the first season highlights public and private buildings and complexes, the second season focuses on presenting the subversion of its usage.
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DIRECTION Paulo Markun and Sérgio Roizenblit PRODUCTION Revanche Produções and Miração Filmes EPISODES 38 / 25’ - 50’ / All Ages / Brazil / 2013-2015
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Visual Arts This series unveils the trajectory of essential contemporary art creators such as Vik Muniz, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Flávio de Carvalho, Tomie Ohtake, Maureen Bisilliat, OSGEMEOS, and Geraldo de Barros. Through the voice of the artists themselves or the interpretation and analysis of experts, the viewer is taken on a guided visit through studios and exhibitions, in addition to getting to know the backstage of the collections of the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo (MAC/USP) and events such as the Bienal de São Paulo and the Panorama of Brazilian Art at the Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM).
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DIRECTION Cacá Vicalvi PRODUCTION Documenta Brazil EPISODES 59 / 23’ / All ages to 12+/ Brazil / 2009-2013
DIRECTION Isa Grinspum Ferraz PRODUCTION Texto e Imagem EPISODES 10 / 24’ - 45’ / All ages to 12+ / Brazil / 2022
The City in Brazil
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What is a city? Inspired by the book A Cidade no Brasil (The City in Brazil), by Antonio Risério, an anthropologist and writer from Bahia State, this series poses this question as the starting point to show the formation and transformation of Brazilian metropolises. In addition to Risério himself, personalities such as architect Guilherme Wisnik, Indigenous leader Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, and scientist Carlos Nobre explore aspects like the indigenous legacy and European and African influences; the urban space as both a place of gathering and segregation between social classes; the lack of urban planning; and the role of real-estate speculation.
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Restless Theater From all over the country, performers and companies are reinventing theater by experimenting with new languages or exploring themes such as black theater, community, and gender issues. Restless Scene highlights the work of companies such as Grupo dos Dez, from Minas Gerais, whose research combines theater and music principles to imagine new formats for musicals; Teatro dos Extremos, a Rio de Janeiro collective that breaks scenes down and explores LGBTQIA+ themes; and the São Paulo company Núcleo Teatral Filhas da Dita, known for its artistic interventions in the city.
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DIRECTION Toni Venturi PRODUCTION Olhar Imaginário Filmes EPISODES 26 / 60’ / All ages to 16+ / Brazil / 2019
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Cinema Dreams In four episodes, director Ugo Giorgetti traces a panorama of São Paulo’s cinema from the 1960s to the present. Giorgetti interviews professional colleagues who use their memories and experiences to explain how audiovisual production has survived, even in the absence of financial incentives. On the agenda, historical facts such as the end of the Vera Cruz company (1949–1954); the advancement of advertising as a way to work in the field; film production during the period of censorship imposed by the military dictatorship; the birth and demise of Embrafilme (the official Brazilian Film Company) and the role the both School of Communications and Arts at USP and independent producers played in training new professionals.
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DIRECTION Ugo Giorgetti PRODUCTION SP Filmes EPISODES 4 / 27’ / All ages / Brazil / 2018
DIRECTION Belisario Franca PRODUCTION Giros Produções EPISODES 50 20’ - 30’ / All ages / Brazil / 2011 - 2012
Collections
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How did they come about and what characteristics differentiate rhythms such as Partido-Alto, Samba de Gafieira, and Samba de Coco? What are the tropeiro routes in Paraná and the Estrada Real route in Minas Gerais? What are the most important theaters in Brazil? And what is the origin of religious festivals such as the São Pedro River procession, in Amazonas State; or the São Roque and Obaluaê festival, in Bahia? This series features the multiple aspects that make up the Brazilian identity, from dance to religion, music, regional customs, and gastronomy, with each season exploring a different aspect of the country’s culture.
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Compacts Amelinha, Arnaldo Antunes, Arrigo Barnabé, Ellen Oléria, Fafá de Belém, Hyldon, Liniker, Sidney Magal, Tulipa Ruiz, and other icons from different generations and styles of Brazilian popular music narrate, in first person, important moments of their careers. Gal Costa talks about the influence of João Gilberto and exploring the sounds of Tropicália while Jair Rodrigues reveals that he chose to sing “Disparada” at the 1966 Record Festival because his mother heard the song and predicted that if he sang it, he would win the competition, which he did.
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DIRECTION Max Alvim PRODUCTION Canal I EPISODES 100 / 4’ / All ages / Brazil / 2012 - 2020
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Reverse Shot Journalist Miguel de Almeida invites researchers Ivana Bentes and Mary del Priore, poet Geraldo Carneiro, philosopher Celso Favaretto, actor Hugo Possolo, and filmmaker Ugo Giorgetti, among other intellectuals, to discuss popular Latin-American movies from the perspective of behavior, culture, power, and society. Among the themes addressed are local cuisines as protagonists; changes in how favelas have been portrayed over the decades; the love-hate relationship between Latin filmmakers and Hollywood; and sexual diversity and female representation in Brazilian movies.
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DIRECTION Luiz R. Cabral PRODUCTION Plateau Produções EPISODES 49 50’ / All ages to 12+ / Brazil / 2013
DIRECTION/ Antonio Carlos Rebesco PRODUCTION Pipoca Cine Vídeo and SescTV EPISODES 60 / 60’ / All ages to 16+ / Brazil/ 2009 - 2019
Contemporary Dance
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Providing overview of contemporary dance in Brazil, each episode tells the story of a presentation and its creators through excerpts of performances, interviews with choreographers, dancers, musicians, and personalities who influenced the production. Among the works featured are Mulheres do Asé, by Edileusa Santos, a mixture of dance, poetry, music, and African religiosity; Eu por detrás de mim, by Ana Bottosso and the Companhia de Danças de Diadema, in a piece inspired by sculptor Olafur Eliasson’s works; and Figuras e vozes, by Ballet Stagium, choreographed by Décio Otero.
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Lifetime Over sixty each, Altâmia, Claudio, Elca, José, Marina, and Vera are said to be “60 +,” “seniors”, “elderly,” “old,” or, in a kinder description, living “the best age.” But what is the best age, if not the age we are? In each episode, the characters show how they go beyond social and market terminologies, narrating adventures that span the 20th and 21st centuries. Their stories give us clues on how to live (well) through the changes imposed by time over body and mind, the challenges of the present, and what they expect from the future in a country that is also aging but does not knows how to deal with it.
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DIRECTION Claudia Erthal and Paulo Markun PRODUCTION Arapy Produções EPISODES 13 / 55’ / All Ages / Brazil / 2019
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Fragments The series deals with ethics in everyday life, juxtaposing the views of professionals from different areas. In “Between Asphalt and Walls,” homeless people and real-estate agents talk about the rules (or the lack thereof) that define their routines. In “Time Lords and the Truth Machine,” watchmakers reveal secrets of an almost extinct craft, while advertisers reflect on changes in consumer behavior. The series brings testimonials from personalities like photographer Cristiano Mascaro, singer Emicida, cartoonist Laerte, and actor Hugo Possolo.
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DIRECTION Kiko Goifman PRODUCTION PaleoTV EPISODES 52 30’ / All ages to 16+ / Brazil / 2015
DIRECTION Esmir Filho PRODUCTION Saliva Shots and Claraluz Filmes EPISODES 26 / 60’ / All ages / Brazil / 2015-2019
Pop Philosophy
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Public figures from different areas such as the writer and Indigenous leader Ailton Krenak; actress Gorete Milagres; lawyer and transsexual activist Márcia Rocha; filmmaker Anna Muylaert; singer Linn da Quebrada; writer Amara Moira; and architect and activist Joice Berth establish dialogues between philosophy and everyday life, in conversations mediated by philosopher and writer Márcia Tiburi. Each episode discusses topics such as old age; sex and gender; art, ethics and politics; the market and money; death, finitude, and madness.
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She Was Carmen In addition to wearing turbans, trinkets, and pineapples that have made her such an iconic figure, Carmen Miranda (1909–1955), honored in this show by director Antunes Filho, dances in a different tempo. The Portuguese-Brazilian singer and actress, recognized throughout the world for her irreverence, is given the minimalist gesture of the butoh—the playwright’s homage to another genius, Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno (1906–2010), highlighting the representativeness of her work, assimilated even by those who didn’t understand the language she spoke.
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DIRECTION FOR TV Antonio Aranha PERFORMANCE CREATED AND DIRECTED BY Antunes Filho PRODUCTION Sesc - CPA (Centro de Produção Audiovisual) 53’ / All Ages / Brazil / 2009
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DIRECTION Grinspum Ferraz PRODUCTION Texto & Imagem and TC Filmes in partnership with the Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros from Universidade de São Paulo EPISODES 12 / 25’ / All Ages to 16+/ Brazil / 2015
Galaxies – Perspectives of Brazil
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Bringing together professionals such as architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha; filmmaker Kleber Mendonça; historian Jessé Souza; journalist Mário Magalhães; composer and essayist José Miguel Wisnik; anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro; and geneticist Mayana Zatz, this production discusses social aspects that impact everyday life, while also reflecting on the future. The themes addressed include political representation in Congress; mainstream media; the role of Brazil in the world; and the shaping of our identity over the centuries.
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Inhabit / Habitat How do people live in an assisted living facility, a college dorm, a circus, or a quilombola community? In each episode, this series portrays the routine, organization, and characteristics of different types of housing arrangements in different regions of the country, following the daily lives of their residents. While the first season presents different modes of dwelling, the second season examines intimacy in unconventional collective spaces, such as different families under the same roof in occupations of abandoned buildings in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul or in indigenous tribes, where coexistence takes place inside the malocas.
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DIRECTION Paulo Markun and Sérgio Roizenblit PRODUCTION Revanche Produções EPISODES 25 50’ / All ages / Brazil / 2013 a 2017
Hyperreal The series portrays urban youth in different realities, as well as young individuals who share a common passion, be it music, skateboarding, religion, or cosplay. The episodes are divided into themes such as “Adorers,” which profiles fans whose passions range from Michael Jackson to films such as Star Wars; or “Shapes and Cloth,” an episode that unveils the backstage of fashion, revealing the struggle of newly graduated designers for a space in the industry and the profession of dressmaker as an opportunity for underprivileged boys and girls.
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DIRECTION Kiko Goifman PRODUCTION PaleoTV EPISODES 52 50’ / All ages to 16+ / Brazil / 2010
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Sesc Brazil Instrumental A long-running series of shows in which instruments are the only voice, bringing together new and established artists, both Brazilian and from abroad. The music styles are diverses and include chamamé, coco, transcendental rock, delta blues, Arabic ciranda, and nude jazz. The project started with live performances in the 1980s, and was later adapted for television in 1990. In every episode, a chat mediated by journalist Patricia Palumbo reveals curiosities about the history and the use of the instrument in the composition and interpretation of the repertoire chosen for the show.
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DIRECTION Max Alvim PRODUCTION Canal I EPISODES 503 60’ / All ages / Brazil, 1999 to 2021
DIRECTION FOR TV Flávio Rodrigues DRAMATURGY Antunes Filho PERFORMANCE DIRECTED BY Emerson Danesi PRODUCTION DNArte Cultural 64’/ 12+ / Brazil 2013 a 2017 / 2011
Lamartine Babo
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Director Antunes Filho takes on the role of playwright and delivers what he called a dramatic musical in honor of Lamartine Babo, reenacting the life and work of the Carioca composer, featuring old-time classics such as “O teu cabelo não nega,” “No rancho fundo,” “Eu sonhei que tu estavas tão linda,” and the anthems of the Flamengo and América football clubs, contextualizing the compositions in their historical.
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Mirada - A Place for Viewing Held in the 2018 edition of Mirada – Ibero-American Performing Arts Festival, in Santos, this series documents different aspects of Latin-American dramaturgy, with testimonies by important names in this scenario such as Peruvian director Chela Ferrari, Portuguese actress and director Joana Craveiro, and Brazilian personalities Antunes Filho, Bia Lessa, Caio Blat, Leonardo Moreira, and Nelson Baskerville. Each episode proposes reflections on the role of theater in rescuing memories and as a space of resistance, as well as in the representation of underrepresented populations, such as Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQIA+.
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DIRECTION Luiz R. Cabral PRODUCTION Plateau Produções EPISODES 10 15’ / All ages / Brazil / 2019
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Monuments “What brings something to remembrance” is the theme of this documentary series, in which historical sites are transformed into monuments. One example is Parque da Juventude in São Paulo, built in the same area where the Carandiru Penitentiary used to operate, holding traces of the 1992 massacre. Also appearing as monuments are the Jaraguá Peak and the knowledge disseminated among professionals of the Dante Pazzanese Cardiology Institute, both in São Paulo, and the ruins of Alcântara, in Maranhão State.
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DIRECTION Paulo Pastorelo PRODUCTION Ebisu Filmes and Loma Filmes EPISODES 3 30’ / All Ages / Brazil/ 2022
DIRECTION Flávio N. Rodrigues CURATED BY Paulo Martelli PRODUCTION DNArte EPISODES 21 30’ to 54’ / All ages / Brazil / 2010 a 2020
Guitar Movements
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The acoustic guitar is the leading actor in this series, in which rhythms such as choro, flamenco, jazz, tango, and even soundtracks for video games, movies, and anime are performed with new phrasing, timbres, and techniques. Teachers and scholars introduce the theme, including great talents like Alessandro Penezzi, Badi Assad, Fabio Lima, Maogani Quartet, Warren Nicholson, and Yamandu Costa, who play their own songs as well as standards from both popular and classical music.
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We, Black People How can anyone be the center and not be on the margin? In ten short videos, Brazilian and international performers express their urgencies through the language of cinema in first person. They speak of their power; knowledge of the body and its displacement in the social space; respect for memory and ancestry; awareness of their anxieties and contradictions as individuals; movements of resistance to white Eurocentric culture and the liberating force necessary to go beyond the stereotypes created by it.
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DIRECTION Ana Paula Mathias PRODUCTION Preta Portê Filmes EPISODES 10 3’ to 5’ / All ages / Brazil / 2012
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Crafstmanship This series explores professions that have undergone profound transformations or are in danger of disappearing due to technological innovations and social changes. In short scenes with experimental editing, video artist Lucila Meirelles presents emblematic characters such as Maurice Plas, a Franco-Belgian hatter who has owned a boutique at Rua Augusta, in São Paulo for over sixty years; as well as anonymous workers, such as movie projectionists, shoemakers in artisan factories, glassmakers, potters, elevator operators, and cabinetmakers.
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DIRECTION Lucila Meirelles PRODUCTION Armazém Mídia Artes EPISODES 3 / 30 x 3’ / All Ages / Brazil / 2012
DIRECTION Max Alvim PRODUCTION Canal I EPISODES 15 23’ to 25’ / All ages / Brazil / 2013 a 2021
Backstage
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A series about creative processes that includes interviews and meetings with bands and artists featured in Sesc Brazil Instrumental, including Armandinho, Hamilton de Holanda, La Cumbia Negra, Macaco Bong, Oswaldinho do Acordeon, and Violentango. In the search for inspiration for each work, they visit friends in and out of the music business, visual arts exhibitions, a horror film production company, and even a food truck specializing in dishes from Pará State.
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Paulo Freire, Man of the World This series documents the trajectory of intellectual educator Paulo Freire (1921–1997), who was named the patron of Brazilian education in 2012. The program includes images of places where he lived—from his hometown of Recife, passing through Angicos, in the hinterland of Rio Grande do Norte State, when he devised a methodology for adult literacy. These settings provide the foundation for his most emblematic book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968). The series also brings testimonies from academics and people impacted by his work and covers his exile in Switzerland and the international recognition and influence of his legacy.
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DIRECTION Cristiano Burlan PRODUCTION Bela Filmes EPISODES 5 50’ a 52’/ All ages / Brazil / 2019
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Policarpo Quaresma The adaptation, by director Antunes Filho, of the classic book Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma, by writer Lima Barreto. In three acts, the cast of actor-musicians humorously performs the saga of the antihero, ultra-nationalist major Policarpo Quaresma, who is ridiculed by his peers because he dreams of hearing TupiGuarani as a national language. The show ends the director’s trilogy in honor of characters from Rio de Janeiro, preceded by Lamartine Babo, written by Antunes himself, and A falecida vaptvupt, created from a text by Nelson Rodrigues.
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DIRECTION FOR TV Fabiola Braga PERFORMANCE DIRECTED BY Antunes Filho PRODUCTION DNArte EPISODES 2 / 65’ / 12+ / Brazil / 2011
DIRECTION Luiz R. Cabral PRODUCTION Plateau Produções EPISODES 12 / 52’/ 12 to 18+ / Brazil / 2010 e 2011
Movie Talk
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Actors and directors Anna Muylaert, Cao Guimarães, Chico Diaz, Eduardo Coutinho, Fernando Meirelles, Hector Babenco, Helena Ignez, José Mojica Marins, Laís Bodanzky, Suzana Amaral, Tizuka Yamasaki, and Ugo Giorgetti reveal how the philosophy of “a camera in hand, an idea in the head” (and different ways of interpreting it) has inspired the audiences since the 1960s. The conversation, moderated by Miguel de Almeida, includes curiosities from film sets and scenes from movies.
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Sounds from Brazil A project created by Sesc’s National Department, this series travels through all regions of Brazil searching for the ancestral characters and stories that shape our culture, recording everything from classical chords to popular rhythms and the heritage of oral tradition. It also brings interviews and performances by groups, circles, and researchers who are devoted to keeping alive milongas and rancheiras; baião and forró; samba de tocos and cacete de vacaria; sacred and Afro-Brazilian chants; as well as an appreciation of the work of conductor and composer Edino Krieger, one of the creators of the contemporary music biennials.
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DIRECTION Romi Atarashi and Belisario Franca PRODUCTION Multivideo Produções/Giros EPISODES 16 50’/ All ages / Brazil / 2016 a 2019
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Super Libris Prose, short story, fiction, romance, humor, horror. This series for readers, big and small, presents a different theme in each episode, with testimonials by writers, critics, designers, illustrators, “booktubers,” and other professionals in the publishing area. Personalities like Ana Maria Machado, Chico Buarque, José Miguel Wisnik, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, and Zuenir Ventura talk about their creative processes, recommend authors and works, and review adaptations of books for the theater, movies, music, visual arts, and graphics novels.
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DIRECTION José Roberto Torero PRODUCTION Padaria de Textos EPISODES 79 30’ / All ages to 12+ / Brazil / 2015 a 2017
DIRECTION Amílcar M. Claro RESEARCH Milaré PRODUCTION Amilcar M. Claro Produções EPISODES 55 54’/ All ages to 16+ / Brazil / 2009 e 2013
Theater & Circumstance
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From the greenroom to the stage, in arenas, with the street or even a computer screen as the stage, actors, directors, playwrights, choreographers, scenographers, collectives, and companies narrate the adventures and misadventures of producing theater in Brazil. They describe their experiences in spaces with diverse audiences and cultures; the fusion of other artistic languages such as dance, cinema, and the circus; the relationship with the Brazilian entertainment consumer market and the commitment to gain space in public policies.
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Theater According to Antunes Filho The life and artistic trajectory of Antunes Filho (1929–2019), one of the most important Brazilian theater directors and actor trainers: from the beginning of his career, as an actor, in the 1950s, to the partnership with Polish actor and director Zbigniew Ziembinski, and the influence of German playwright Bertolt Brecht. The series highlights his action during the military dictatorship and the new narratives after that period, which were maintained and further explored by the CPT Theater Research Center, a space he founded and where he worked throughout his life, leaving an impressive legacy to the theatrical universe.
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DIRECTION Amílcar M. Claro PRODUCTION CPT (Centro de Pesquisa Teatral) EPISODES 6 / 53’/ Brazil / 2001
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Documentaries
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Interactions – When Cinema Looks to Nature An anthology of 12 original short films that portray the connections and interactions between humans, animal life, the ecosystems, the environment, and climate hange. Productions in the genres of docu-fiction, animation, comedy, drama and science fiction take the viewer on a journey through beautifully captured stories that show the interrelationship between humans and nature nine countries: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Morocco, Greece, India, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland and the United States.
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DIRECTION Adelina von Fürstenberg PRODUCTION ART for The World and Adelina von Fürstenberg 105’ / 12 years / 2022
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DIRECTION Helio Goldsztejn PRODUCTION Captura Produções Artísticas 90’ / All ages / Brazil / 2021
22 in XXI
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What is the essence and legacy of the 1922 Modern Art Week? On the 100th year celebration of the exhibition that shaped Brazilian arts for the rest of the 20th century - and whose effects can be felt to this day - this documentary brings testimonials from public figures such as singer and composer Caetano Veloso, playwright and actor Zé Celso Martinez Corrêa, rapper Emicida, musician and essayist José Miguel Wisnik, curator Hélio de Menezes, and the visual artist Maria Bonomi critically reflecting on modernism and its developments in music, theater, and other artistic expressions.
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A’uté A’uwê Uptabi: To Be an A’uwê Child A documentary told by the voices and perspectives of girls (ba’öno) and boys (até rémi), revealing the everyday lives of the a’wuê, children from the Xavante people, on the Pimentel Barbosa Indigenous Land, in the state of Mato Grosso. By following their plays and activities such as fishing, forest adventures, river exploring, and lessons from the elders, we begin to understand how traditions passed down from generation to generation, in a cycle that echoes the need to respect nature and be part of it.
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DIRECTION Cristina Flória and Wagner Pinto PRODUCTION 2.0 Produções Artísticas 40’/ All ages / Brazil / 2017
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Baré, People from the River The waters around the upper and middle Negro River, in Amazonia, are the territory of the Baré Indigenous people. This ethnicity changed their original language, the baré, for the nheengatu (modern Tupi, a Latin American indigenous language) and the Portuguese, under the influence of Portuguese Jesuits and Carmelites. Despite this, the Barés preserve their ancestors’ traditions, be it in cooking—based on fishing and cassava harvests—or cultural habits dedicated to legends and ceremonies like the kariamã, a rite of passage for teenagers into adult life.
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DIRECTION Tatiana Toffoli PRODUCTION Elástica Filmes 60’/ All ages / Brazil / 2022
DIRECTION Daniela Cucchiarelli PRODUCTION Recheio Produções Artísticas 60’ / All ages / Brazil / 2016
It’s a Circus
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Shot during Circos - International Circus Festival, run by Sesc São Paulo, this documentary mixes first-person accounts and live performances from multiple countries, and provides a panoramic view of the circus arts, presenting their origins, trajectories, and the difference between traditional and contemporary shows. Some of the artists featured are Brazilian performers, such as Lu Lopes (Rubia the clown) and Rodrigo Matheus (from Circo Mínimo); the Portuguese artist Jorge Lix (Erva Daninha Company); and Louise Bjurholm, from Sweden.
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The Color of Football: Comercial F.C. – Ghost Team The story of the now-defunct Comercial Futebol Clube, one of the founding teams of the São Paulo Football League, which was part of the major league until 1962. The film shows their journey, using historical pictures and testimonials from journalists, researchers, and former players, such as Dino Sani, who afterward went on to be a world champion and play for Milan, Boca Juniors, and Corinthians.
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DIRECTION Ugo Giorgetti PRODUCTION SP Filmes 10’/ All ages / Brazil / 2014
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The Color of Football: Raised by Football Antonio Haddad Aguerre loves Santos Futebol Clube, thanks to his dentist. His father roots for Corinthians; his mother, São Paulo; and his older brother is a Palmeiras fan. The filming crew takes him to visit Vila Belmiro, the stadium in Santos (SP), to watch, for the first time, his team play live.
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DIRECTION Lina Chamie PRODUCTION Girafa Filmes 10’ / All ages / Brazil / 2014
DIRECTION Lírio Ferreira PRODUCTION Chá Cinematográfico 10’ / All ages / Brazil / 2014
The Color of Football: An American Poet
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The writer and poet from Pernambuco João Cabral de Melo Neto was passionate about football. More precisely, about América Futebol Clube, a team founded in Recife, Pernambuco, in 1914. The short film, a visual and poetic experience, mixes family videos from him enjoying the games, animation, and parts of his work that show his passion: it’s a portrait of the “american” poet’s love and care for the team.
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Dasiwa’uburéze – Our Culture
DIRECTION Cristina Flória and Wagner Pinto PRODUCTION A 2.0 Produções Artísticas 51’ / All Ages / Brazil / 2014
Through 186 different villages in the region of the Serra do Roncador and the Rio das Mortes Valley, in Mato Grosso, the a’uwe uptabi, or true people, as the Xavante Indigenous people identify themselves, preserve their history thanks to elders who teach new generations about culture, cooking, religion, lore, and legends. Made by the Indigenous people themselves, this film shows rituals like the he’eho, when they choose their night guards.
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Edgar Morin – Open Diaries of a Humanist The French philosopher, who turned 100 in 2021, is interviewed by the sociologist Danilo Santos de Miranda. His ideas are compiled in the book Diários de Edgar Morin, published by Edições Sesc. Morin recounts his journey from memories told in his books: California Diaries, about the hippie movement; Love, Cry, Laugh, Understand, about personal stories between old friends; and The Sisyphus Year, when he tries and fails to organize his life.
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DIRECTION Luiz R. Cabral PRODUCTION PaleoTV 50’ / Livre / Brazil / 2013
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Hygiene – XIX Theatre Company The gentrification process that took place in Brazil in the late 19th century is depicted by the XIX Theatre Company, from the perspective of laundry ladies, escorts, healers, former slaves, merchants, and anarchists, all living at Nossa Senhora do Bom Jesus de Praga, a tenement in downtown São Paulo. The film, set in Vila Maria Zélia, a former workers’ neighborhood east of downtown, shows the resistance against leaving their place.
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DIRECTION Amilcar M. Castro PRODUCTION Amilcar M. Castro Produções 80’ / All ages to 16+ / Brazil / 2010
Interferences
DIRECTION Cacá Vicalvi PRODUCTION Documenta Video 50’ / All Ages / Brazil / 2008
The annual Sesc Art Exhibit, in 2008, was the scenery of artistic interventions around the theme “art as an expression of everyday life.” Between artists’ testimonials, the film shows pieces like Folded Space (Alexander Stublic and Holger Mader, Germany); Play Me, I’m Yours (Luke Jerram, UK); Les Squames (Kumulus, France), and work from Brazilian artists like Rejane Cantoni and Leonardo Crescenti, Alice Ruiz, and Hilal Sami Hilal.
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Kunhangue Arandu – The Wisdom of Women In the Jaraguá region, in the city of São Paulo, women from the Guarani people talk about the contemporary hardships to keep their families in their territories, while recounting the place’s history. They recount how it was mostly inhabited by former enslaved people and Indigenous groups and the resistance from their mothers and grandmothers, women who fought for rights such as sanitation, healthcare, and education while preserving their traditions.
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DIRECTION Alberto Alvares and Cristina Flória PRODUCTION 2.0 Produções Artísticas 70’ / All Ages / Brazil / 20121
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Potters At the margins of the São Francisco Rriver, in the Kariri-Xocó village (Alagoas), the potters are women who preserve a tradition inherited from their antecessors, using clay to create pots and pans that they sell and trade to support their families. The film follows the daily everyday lives of these women, from the place where they get their material to their religious and cultural practices.
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DIRECTION Tatiana Toffoli PRODUCTION Uato 50’ / Livre / Brazil / 2013
Idleness, Leisure, and Free Time
DIRECTION Marcelo Machado PRODUCTION MMTV 50’ / All Ages / Brazil / 2019
Recorded during the 15th World Leisure Congress, the film is a collection of testimonials from researchers that reflect on idleness, leisure, and free time in contemporary society. Among the people interviewed are Michel Maffesoli, Université Paris-Sorbonne’s emeritus professor; Abena Abusia, poet, writer, and Ghana ambassador in Brazil; and Danilo Santos de Miranda, sociologist and Sesc São Paulo regional director).
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Wild Love Ritual In 1969, the multimedia artist José Agrippino de Paula and the dancer-choreographer Maria Esther Stockler made their mark in the performing arts with their performance show Rito do amor selvagem [Wild love ritual], by Grupo Soma, at Teatro São Pedro, in São Paulo. The show introduced a new language mixing dance, music, and video art, informed by AfroBrazilian rituals and pop art. Sérgio Mamberti, Tom Zé, Stênio Garcia, Claudia Alencar, and Gerald Thomas, some of whom starred in the original staging, talk about the experience, while the film shows sound and video vignettes.
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DIRECTION Lucila Meirelles PRODUCTION Armazém Mídia Arte 40’ / 14+ / Brazil / 2019
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Tuã Ingugu – Eyes of Water This short film is part of the Interdependence project, produced by the NGO Art for the World, in which filmmakers from eleven countries show the relationship between society and climate change. Tuã Ingugu shows Faremá, a chief from the Kalapalo people, telling an old story about the origins of the local river. Located in the Xingu Indigenous Reserve, the river is used for food, transportation, leisure, spirituality, and livelihood. Faremá reflects on how water is fundamental to life by using the story of the Tietê River, in São Paulo, poisoned by pollutants.
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DIRECTION Daniela Thomas PRODUCTION Syndrome Filmes and Sesc 11’ / All Ages / Brazil / 2013
DIRECTION Marcio Meirelles and Rafael Grilo PRODUCTION Sesc - CPA (Centro de Produção Audiovisual) 101’ / Brazil / 2024
A Reading of Cowrie Shells
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The theatrical performance “Uma Leitura dos Búzios” offers an interpretation of a popular movement known as “Búzios Revolt”, that took place in the Brazilian city of Salvador in 1798. Conceived by Sesc São Paulo, written by Mônica Santana, and directed by Marcio Meirelles, the performance explores contemporary issues in Brazil, such as the manipulation of history, racism, the presence of Black women, and its connections with Afro-Brazilian roots.
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Grandfather In The Living Room: The Gentle Prose of Antonio Candido The documentary presents a different perspective on one of Brazil’s greatest intellectuals, Antonio Candido de Mello e Souza (Rio de Janeiro 1918 São Paulo 2017), whose work has had a profound impact on historiography and literary criticism in Brazil and who continues to be fundamental in the education of students and professionals. The documentary is based on footage captured in 2009 by Antonio Candido’s granddaughter, the journalist Maria Clara Vergueiro, during four lunch meetings at the critic’s apartment. Through these encounters, the film reveals the more intimate side of the professor who taught for over half a century at the University of São Paulo.
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DIRECTION Marcelo Machado and Fabiana Werneck PRODUCTION Sesc - CPA (Centro de Produção Audiovisual) 49’ / Brazil / 2024
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Sawé – Indigenous Leaders in the Fight for Territory The documentary focuses on the importance of indigenous political leadership in the struggle for territorial defense. The narrative highlights the political agency of indigenous groups as they fight for their rights in different regions of Brazil. The film explores their various forms of organization, as well as their interactions with both internal community structures and external - nonindigenous political structures, with a reflection on the coordination processes among these leaders.
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DIRECTION Marina Herrero PRODUCTION Sesc - CPA (Centro de Produção Audiovisual) 95’ / Brazil / 2024
DIRECTION Alessandra Dorgan PRODUCTION Sesc - CPA (Centro de Produção Audiovisual) 50’ / Brazil / 2024
Lia de Itamaracá Live
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Recognized as one of the living references of Brazilian popular culture, Lia de Itamaracá is the biggest name in ciranda, a traditional Brazilian rhythm. In this live show, the artist performs songs from her most recent albums, “Ciranda de Ritmos” (2008) and “Ciranda sem fim” (2019), and explores a repertoire that blends traditional ciranda, coco and maracatu, alongside recent compositions such as electronic cirandas and boleros.
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Antunes Filho – From Heart to Eye
DIRECTION Cristiano Burlan PRODUCTION Cup Filmes 74’ / 14 years / Brazil / 2023
Through audio recordings of unpublished interviews, writings and archive material, director Antunes Filho reveals his fascination with cinema in a documentary that reveals the uniqueness of his work, exploring his relationship with cinema and TV production.
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