In Campinas, São Paulo, black men and women, with ages between 70 and 90 years, are active in a black cultural movement, that is essentially dedicated to recreating African-Brazilian musical repertoires considered
traditional. Although seen as the most experient people in this musical traditions by the current communities, their youth memories do not directly refer to jongos, samba de bumbo or maracatus, but to gala balls. In a conjuncture marked by segregation, from the 40s to the 60s in São Paulo, these dances, attended mostly by blacks, are revisited in the film, showing their importance for the formation of a black community started in past and continuing into the present.
NTSC, color, 70 min, 2015
Direction, Production and Research: Érica Giesbrecht
Main actors: Aluísio Jeremias, Carlos Augusto Ribeiro, José
Antônio, Leonice Sampaio Antônio, Rosária Antônia
Screenplay: Carolina Gama, Érica Giesbrecht
Edition: Carolina Gama, Ricardo Dionísio
Original music score and sound design: Ewelter Rocha and Mauro Dárcio
Cameras: Coraci Ruiz, Érica Giesbrecht, Guilherme Spagiari, Luana
Veiga, Ricardo Dionísio, Ticiano
Monteiro
Audio capture: Renan Begossi Franchi
Support: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP
Realization: Laboratório de Imagem e Som em Antropologia (LISA-USP)
Musical Participations: Leopoldo Orquestra Tupã, Grupo Casarão SP,
Grupo de Teatro e Danças Populares Urucungos Puítas e Quijêngues,
Comunidade Jongo Dito Ribeiro, Elivelton Leite, Helio Augusto, Lucas
Souza Lima, Escola de Samba Rosas de Prata.