For those who prefer to spend their days of revelry at home during this carnival period, the tip is to take advantage and check out 18 national films, from various regions of the country, which have reached the catalog of the free Itaú Cultural Play streaming service.
Among the options is comedy Cold Recifea short film directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, which portrays his hometown under drastic climate change. Using documentary language, the fiction shows the capital of Pernambuco in a cold climate, and addresses topics such as real estate speculation, social inequality and the impact of tourism.
The documentary Brasiliana: the black musical that introduced Brazil to the world, by Joel Zito Araújo, tells the story of the theater, dance and music company founded in 1949, in Rio de Janeiro, by black artists that toured 90 countries.
There is also the documentary Drawby Sergio de Carvalho, which rescues the history of the rubber tapper movement of the 70s and 80s in the state of Acre. The name of the film refers to peaceful resistance strategies to prevent deforestation in the Amazon, known as the draw.
Another production from the North region, the short Dasilva Daselvaby Anderson Mendes, presents the life and work of the artist and ecologist Sebastião Corrêa da Silva, who produced more than 600 works on the fauna and flora of the Amazon rainforest.
Paraíba’s Cariri is the setting for the documentary will be by Caio Bernardo, who reports on the manual extraction of lime and work in the textile industry based on the daily life of a family.
Two short films from Espírito Santo are also available on the platform: After This Exileby Renan Amaral, which follows a character in the context of the military dictatorship, in 1968, back to his homeland; and Corner of the Sandsby Maíra Tristão, which rescues the memory of a village buried by the dunes.
In addition to short films and documentaries, the platform also offers the Cine Curtinhas collection with eight films aimed at children. Among them are PiOinc which shows the friendship between a pig and a bird; the animation Hugsabout a daughter who writes imaginary adventures in a diary to cheer up her sad mother; THE Magic Gardenwhich is inspired by fables, and Me and the ox, the ox and mewhich talks about the popular culture of the legend of the Boi da Manta.
The films are available for free on the website itauculturalplay.com.br.
