Freedom is no fear
SYNOPSIS
Beneath Brazil's cities, amid forgotten tunnels, buried rivers, and territories erased by official history, a coral snake slithers silently. Legend has it that when this mythical serpent finds its own tail, the country will be transformed. The thinking of philosopher and anti-racist activist Sueli Carneiro forms the backbone of the film, driving a rhizomatic, non-linear narrative that weaves together past and present. The documentary reconstructs fragments of buried knowledge and denounces a Brazil that insists on burying its own history.
Bio-filmography of the director
Mariana Luiza holds a degree in Screenwriting from the New York Film Academy. She directed the video installation "Redenção" which was selected for the immersive documentary competition at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA). In 2017, she directed the short film "Casca de Baobá," which was screened at several exhibitions and festivals in Brazil and in countries such as Canada, the United States, France, Portugal, South Korea, Colombia, Cape Verde, and others. The film won six international awards.
DIRECTOR'S NOTE
This project stems from a profound concern: how to construct images and narratives that confront the historical erasure of the Black population in Brazil, fostered by centuries of colonialism, institutional racism, and epistemicide? Freedom Is No Fear is part of the collective effort to rewrite history from the margins, from the land, from what has resisted and persists. It is, above all, a gesture of freedom.
Crew
Director:
Mariana Luiza
Scriptwriters:
Mariana Luiza, Luiz Santana
Director of photography:
Flávio Rebouças
Producers:
Mário Gajo (Filmes do Gajo), Heverton Lima (Paideia Filmes)
datasheet
80 a 90 minutes / Image: 16x9 / Som: Stereo / Formato: HD / Documentary