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Africa, West CivilizationAfrique occidentale CivilisationBlack people BrazilBlack people HistoryBlack people Race identityBlack powerBrazil Civilization African influencesBrazil Social life and customsCinéma BrésilCultureDocumentaryPersonnes noires BrésilPersonnes noires HistoirePersonnes noires Identité ethnique
Directed by: Raquel Gerber
Overview
A study of the Black racial identity and consciousness-raising movement in Brazil in the 1970s and early 1980s, including scenes from the many Conferences, Congresses and Roundtables on the subject held mainly in São Paulo. The movement is seen in the larger context of the Black spiritual and cultural heritage brought to the Americas from West AFrica