In Chicago, NY, Paris and São Paulo, same scene with different accents: poetry slams - poetic performance battles - instigate creativity and coexistence between all kinds of people, standing before the political conservative wave as Agoras of the free thought and free expression. In Brazil, the poet Luz Ribeiro wins the Nationals and goes to the World Cup of Poetry Slam in France representing the new feminist and black poetics that has firmly entrenched in the brazilian slam scene by the virulence of his politicized verb.
Directed By: Roberta Estrela D’Alva & Tatiana Lohmann
Brazil (2019)
Starring: Mahogany Browne, Marc Smith, Bob Holman, Roberta Estrela D'Alva, Chris Tse, Luz Ribeiro, and Daniel Minchoni
Production Company: EXÓTICA Cinematográfica + Globo Filmes/GloboNews + Miração Filmes
Film Festivals & Awards:
・NOVA Frontier Film Festival
・FEMCINE Santiago Women’s Film Festival - Best National Film
・Rio De Janeiro's International Film Festival - Best Documentary Direction and Jury's Special Prize
・New Delhi Film Festival
・Habana Film Festival (Festival Internacional Del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano)
・Brazilian Cinema Great Prize
・Nkabom Literary Art Film Festival (Ghana)
・Sao Paulo International Film Festival
Articles:
・"SLAM: Voz de Levante" Is Awarded At The International Festival of Woman in Cinema - ItauCultural