Selected Curatorial Projects
Black, Brown and Indigenous
SHORT FILMS PROGRAMMER @BLACKSTAR As a Committee Chair for Short Documentaries, as well as a member of the Short Films Committee, I contributed to shaping the selection and programming of films for BlackStar Festival 2022, an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global Indigenous communities. Since its launching in 2012 it has been showcasing films by Black, Brown and Indigenous artists from around the world.
Black America: A Conversation Around Blackness in Latin America
CURATORIAL DIRECTOR @NICHO54 Creating groundbreaking routes for conversation around Black identity, this retrospective showcased 35 films from ten different countries in South America. From re-racializing countries such as Argentina to weaving threads between Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil, it contributed to decentering the United States as the protagonist of Black film.
A Two-Way Conversation: Bridging Black Brazilian and Black American Experimental Films
GUEST CURATOR @HIGHBALL.TV A program that puts in conversation contemporary short experimental films by Black Brazilians and African Americans. Eight shorts divided in two blocks organized around the idea of Forms and Places. Commissioned and screened by Highball.TV, an emerging streaming platform for art-house cinema based in Canada.
NICHO NOVEMBRO Festival
CURATOR @NICHO54 A yearly festival that celebrates Black lives on and off-screen. Held by NICHO 54, an institute working for promoting Black Brazilians in the film industry at large. Since 2019 the festival has showcased award-winning films that have been screened at Sundance, BlackStar, TIFF, Roterdã, Berlinale, Encontro de Cinema Negro Zózimo Bulbul, among others.
Cinema Negro: Capítulos de uma história fragmentada
GUEST CURATOR @FESTCURTABH This project took on the mission to be the largest retrospective on the films directed by Black Brazilians. It screened 25 short films released from 1973 to 2018, as a result of a rigorous curatorial research. It also led to an extensive publication, as well as conversations and seminars on Black history in Brazilian cinema.
Joy and Resilience in Black Brazilian Lives
GUEST CURATOR @VLAFF As part of Canada’s Black History Month, this program is an immersion beyond the stereotypes one may associate with Brazil. In an hour-long journey through four short films, it is love that becomes the shared thread connecting the works by contemporary Black Brazilian filmmakers.
O corpo, novamente
GUEST CURATOR @10OLHARES Ten leading curators investigate the Brazilian film production from the last decade. O corpo, novamente: notas sobre a terra brasilis is a program in which I highlight films where Black bodies become signifiers of life.
(Re)Imaginando vidas negras: e se fôssemos livres?
CURATOR @CINELUDICA Held in partnership with Casa Lúdica, a gathering space at São Paulo's East Side, this community-oriented program promoted the Brazilian premiere of Cauleen Smith's Sojourner and screened other four shorts that expand our views on Black freedom.
Festival de Brasília
FEATURE FILMS PROGRAMMER @FESTIVALDEBRASILIA In 2017 and 2018 I've served as a programmer for feature narratives and feature docs for one of Brazil's A-list festivals.