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Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us
Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us
Super-8 to Video
9 mins


SYNOPSIS

Pelourinho: They Don’t Really Care About Us (2019) is freely inspired by a 1927 letter from American sociologist and Pan-Africanist W.E.B. Du Bois to the American embassy in Brazil, this colorful film takes us back to a time when it was impossible for African Americans to travel to Brazil and reminds us of the inequality still faced by the Black inhabitants of that country.


CAST & CREW

Produced by Obibini Pictures LLC
Directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu
Cinematography by Akosua Adoma Owusu
Voice Over: Lais Machado & Augusto Soledade
Edited by Dylan Bowman
Sound Design & Mix: Kari Rae Seekins


GRANTS & SUPPORT

Goethe-Institut Salvador-Bahia