Emicida

In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.

Two neighbors lean on each other, turning small moments of life into great treasures.

정규 4집 《아마렐루》를 발표한 브라질 래퍼 에미시다. 상파울루 오페라 하우스에서 이 앨범의 히트곡을 공연한다. 혁신적인 라임과 다채로운 비트가 어우러진 열정 가득한 무대.

An overview on Brazilian hip hop through interviews with some of its most important artists.

Jesus life and work goes through rumors, conspiracies, injuries, friendship and fanaticism. An emblematic figure of the 1st century, Jesus was a charismatic leader, but he faced many trials.

브라질의 래퍼 겸 운동가 에미시다가 자국의 풍부한 흑인 문화유산을 기린다. 삼바의 역사와 인종 차별에 맞선 투쟁, 그리고 이 모든 것을 담은 에미시다의 앨범 제작기까지. 상파울루 시립 극장에서 열린 콘서트 무대와 함께 만나보자.

As the Sars-Covid 19 pandemic increased, Rubiane Maia was in Folkestone, England, and Tom Nobrega in Tarapoto, in the Peruvian Amazon. Both were surprised by the sudden need to cancel planned trips to Brazil, their homeland. The closed borders brought unusual situations and an unknown feeling of exile. As news from Brazil reaches the distance like rocks breaking their computer screens, blurring the line between what is personal and what is collective, the pair of friends share their bewilderment and try to find some resonance amid the overwhelming amount of information that floats the virtual space.

Chico Rei was an enslaved Congolese king who freed himself and his subjects during the Gold Cycle in Minas Gerais. His story is the starting point to explore the various echoes of Brazilian slavery in the lives of black people today, understanding their movement of self-affirmation and freedom from a collective perspective.

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European invasion of the continent, police violence, the genocide of the black people, the massacre of indigenous peoples, religious violence, the criminalization of funk music, structural racism in art and education, the importance of quota policy and the need urgent historical repair as a commitment by the Brazilian state to the black people.

In his 10-year career, rapper Emicida mixed musical genres, worked with several artists, created projects in honor of other musicians and set up a company, Laboratório Fantasma, which is a record label, studio, producer of shows and a clothing brand; all of this having urban art as a principle. With the intention of celebrating this moment, he organized a historic show, with a setlist of 27 songs and 13 guests on November 20th, 2017, Black Consciousness Day.

아빠가 남겨 준 꿈 한 조각, 다시 찾을 수 있을까? 평화롭고 아늑한 시골에 사는 쿠카는 주변의 숲과 동물들을 탐험하는 하루하루가 즐겁기만 하다. 어느 날 사랑하는 아빠가 일자리를 찾아 도시로 떠나고, 하염없이 아빠를 그리워하던 쿠카는 커다란 여행가방에 가족 사진 한 장만을 넣고서 아빠를 찾아 무작정 길을 떠난다. 수백 명의 일꾼이 쉴새 없이 목화를 수확하는 농장, 목화 솜으로 옷감을 만드는 거대한 공장을 지나, 자동차와 네온사인으로 붐비는 화려하지만 황량한 대도시에 도착한 쿠카는 코끼리를 닮은 탱크와 공룡을 닮은 크레인, 새를 닮은 화물선 등 동물의 모습을 한 이상한 기계들을 만난다. 삭막한 도시의 냉혹한 현실에 던져진 쿠카는 과연 그토록 그리던 아빠와 다시 만날 수 있을까?