Amuleto screening and workshop with members of Brazilian cineclub Mate com Angu
The Centre for Screen Cultures - in collaboration with the Centre for Amerindian, Latin American and Caribbean Studies; the Institute for Museums, Heritage and Society; and the British Academy – is hosting a screening and workshop with members of Mate com Angu, a landmark cineclub in Rio de Janeiro, located in the Baixada Fluminense, a metropolitan region of RdJ.
Screening: Amuleto (Igor Barradas & Heraldo HB, 2025)
School 3, Thursday 29th October 5-7pm
Amuleto, a documentary which opened the 2025 Rio Film Festival, explores the making of O Amuleto de Ogum (1974) by director Nelson Pereira dos Santos, a founding figure of Cinema Novo, from the perspective of Duque de Caxias, the Baixada town in which the story was located and filmed.
Exploring the approach to labour of Cinema Novo- Brazil’s pre-eminent cinematic movement- and its depiction of marginalised Brazilian territories, Amuleto probes the political potential of cinema to intervene in how peripheries are represented and produced.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the documentary’s makers and a drinks reception.
Workshop: Exploring the relation between film and territory in conversation with members of the cineclub Mate Com Angu + DIY film festival tips!
Learning Loft, Wardlaw Museum, Friday 30th October 10am-12pm
Cineclub Mate com Angu has run since 2002 and recently hosted the fifth edition of its own festival in the region. In this workshop, cineclub members and filmmakers Igor Barradas, Heraldo HB, and Luisa Pitanga will explore how Mate com Angu’s history is interwoven with that of the Baixada region, how it intervenes in representations of and approaches to its territory, and how it plays a role in the fight for popular cinematic education, cultural spaces and equipment in the peripheries of Rio. The exhibition of selected excerpts from their cinematic production will serve as seeds for this discussion.
The conversation will be framed by short presentations by Dr Victoria Adams (Leeds) on her research into an innovative public policy called Cultura Viva (Living Culture), which supports the work of collectives like Mate com Angu, and by Dr Mary Freedman on her research into audiovisual practices, representations and imaginaries in the Baixada.
This event will include a short practical workshop for students on DIY film programming and festival organisation.
Please via Eventbrite.