Rhythmic uprising /
"Rhythmic Uprising is a documentary that shows how the transformative powers of Afro-Brazilian performing arts are used to fight racism and inequality in Bahia, Brazil ... Cultural projects featured in the film include an all-women drum corps named DiDá, a circus group heavily rooted in Afro-B...
| Corporate Authors: | , , |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Unknown |
| Language: | Portuguese English Japanese Spanish |
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[Billings, MT] :
Big Wonderful Inc.,
[2009]
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| Edition: | [Widescreen presentation] |
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| Summary: | "Rhythmic Uprising is a documentary that shows how the transformative powers of Afro-Brazilian performing arts are used to fight racism and inequality in Bahia, Brazil ... Cultural projects featured in the film include an all-women drum corps named DiDá, a circus group heavily rooted in Afro-Brazilian expressions named Circo Picolino, a theater group that portrays African myths named Bejé Eró and a Capoeira Angola association named ACANNE. Historical Afro-Brazilian cultural conventions featured in the film include capoeira, candomblé, quilombos, afoxês, and blocos afros"--Http://www.rhythmicuprising.org |
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| Item Description: | Aspect ratio 1.77:1 Special features: Making of: a musical behind the scenes look at what doc filmmaking is really like; podcasts: the Rhythmic Uprising Media Project video podcasts from 2006-2008; deleted scenes: animations, a brief history of the afoxês, a circus kids show and more Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2009 |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Format: | DVD, NTSC, Region 1 |
| Production Credits: | Videography, Bill Delano ... [et al.] |