THE President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will pronounce this Saturday (6) on a national radio and TV network on the occasion of September 7, Brazil’s Independence Day. The 5 -minute recording and 25 second will air at 8:30 pm. Earlier, at 18h, Lula watched the movie Malein session at Cine Alvorada. THE National debut of the feature, directed by Antonio Pitanga, is scheduled for October 2.
The film tells the story of one of the main insurrections organized by Africans and their descendants enslaved in Brazil in 1835. The premiere of production also takes place in Brasilia, this Sunday (7), at Cine Nave, with a session followed by debate with actress Samira Carvalho.
Male It has already been shown at national and international festivals. In January of this year, the story was presented to the public of the Tiradentes Film Show in Minas Gerais. At the time, in an interview with Brazil agencythe director Antonio Pitanga stressed that he expects the circulation of the work far beyond the commercial circuit.
“My dream was to bring this story that the school does not tell. And humanize it in such a way to be able to interact with the 21st century. After the work is completed, my dream is now to go to the Banking of Knowledge, schools, to universities, the quilombos. And it’s already happening,” said Pitanga.
“My movie can’t just stay in the movie theaters frequented by middle -class whites. They will also see. But this movie needs to reach schools, favela and quilombo,” he added.
You maleAs black Muslims were known, they knew the Arab alphabet, they had mastery of writing and high level of education. Although they are the protagonists of the uprising, they also sought the support of other enslaved groups. The rebellion was thoroughly planned and had been set for January 25 as it is the date that celebrates the end of Ramadan, the sacred month for Muslims.
The confrontations lasted more than three hours. More than 70 Africans died in conflicts and hundreds were punished with deaths, prison, whip or deportations. The episode is detailed in the book Slave rebellion in Brazil, originally published in 1986 by historian João José dos Reis. The work was the main reference for the production of the film.
Malês, as Pitanga notes, is not a cold portrait of the episode. THE Movie gives room for the characters to reveal their individualities: their dreams, their sadness, their loves. According to the director, there was also the concern to escape the slave stereotype as a passive victim. “These are thinking heads,” he says.
The cast features the presence of the sons of Antonio Pitanga: actor Rocco Pitanga and actress Camila Pitanga.
