Alexandrina - A Lightning Bolt
Keila Sankofa / Brazil / 2022 / International Premiere / 11 min.
synopsis
Amazonia, 19th century. Alexandrina was a woman whose features and skin color made her an object of observation. An exhibit that a white colonizer could examine, evaluate, and own. But the legacy that Alexandrina and hundreds of others with similar fates left behind survives to this day. In their faces, rituals, jewellery, and symbols.“In this war, we all fight against the death of memory.”
biography
In her work, Brazilian visual artist Keila Serruya (b. 1985) addresses the silencing of indigenous voices and the erasure of the history of people of African descent living in slavery. Last year she was nominated for the Pipa Award, an award for outstanding Brazilian artists.more about film
| director: | Keila Sankofa |
| producer: | Keila Sankofa |
contact
Reinel Garcia
Doc & Rio Festival Agency
info@docrio.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | International Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2022 |
| section: | Ji.hlava Online, Short Joy |
| language: | Portuguese |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour and B&W |
Info
| director: | Keila Sankofa |
| original title: | Alexandrina - Um Relâmpago |
| country: | Brazil |
| year: | 2022 |
| running time: | 11 min. |
