Pelourinho, They Don’t Really Care About Us

9m
Documentary
5

The starting point for this colourful film is a letter from human rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois to the American embassy in Brazil. The fact that in 1927 it was impossible for African Americans to travel to Brazil reminds us of the inequality still faced by that country’s black inhabitants.

Cast

Laís Machado
(voice)
Augusto Soledade
(voice)

Crew

Akosua Adoma Owusu
Director, Director of Photography
Dylan Bowman
Editor
Kari Rae Seekins
Sound Designer, Sound Mixer

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