Limbo, by Fábio Silva
Novas Narrativas de Caça
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Date
- 18:00 / Cancelled 18:00 / Sold out Sunday, 18:00
Location
Studio Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
Inspired by real events, the episode from the antology "Novas Narrativas de Caça" explores the fragility of identity and a sense of belonging, leading to a conversation with screenwriter and director Fábio Silva, actor Pedro Lopes and writer Telma Tvon.
Are there outcomes that skin colour makes predictable, inevitable?
The son of Cape Verdean parents, Nuno, the main character in this episode, has always had a ‘Portuguese upbringing’. When he attends a private party in a social housing estate in Sintra for the first time, he is confronted with the colour of his skin and the structural prejudices that inevitably come with it.
The talk that follows the screening of the episode brings together Fábio Silva, the director who drew on his own experiences to write the episode; Pedro Lopes, the actor who brought Nuno to life and whose own experiences helped him shape the character; and Telma Tvon, rapper and author of the book Um Preto Muito Português, the theme of which is similar to the narrative of this episode. The talk will be moderated by Alexandra Matos.
About the series
Novas Narrativas de Caça is an anthology comprising seven independent stories, linked by their theme – the search for identity and belonging among Black characters, Portuguese people of African descent who struggle to find their place in a society that often ignores and oppresses them. “Until lions tell their own stories, hunters will always be the heroes of the hunting narratives.”
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Speakers
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Fábio Silva
He holds a Master’s degree in Film from the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema. In 2018, he co-directed his first film, Hip to da Hop. He has directed the short films A Morte de Isaac and Fruto do Vosso Ventre, both of which have been selected for various national and international festivals. He is currently working on two feature-length documentaries, provisionally titled O Sangue da Aliança and As Tuas Costas Ainda Ardem. He is also involved, as a screenwriter and director, in the anthology fiction series Novas Narrativas de Caça.
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Pedro Lopes
A Portuguese national of São Tomé and Príncipe. He has been involved in the performing arts from a very young age, having studied at the National Conservatoire’s School of Dance, where he specialised in classical and contemporary dance, and at the National Conservatoire’s School of Music. He completed the Performing Arts course at Passos Manuel Secondary School and took part in projects such as KCena – a Portuguese-speaking youth theatre project promoted by the D. Maria II National Theatre – and Born2Fail. He was part of the production Quis Saber Quem Sou, as part of the Abril Abriu project, directed by Pedro Penim, the current artistic director of the D. Maria II National Theatre.
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Telma Tvon
Telma Marlise Escórcio da Silva was born in Luanda in 1980 and moved to Lisbon, where she attended secondary school whilst becoming involved in the hip-hop scene. She was a member of the groups Backwordz, Hardcore Click and Lweji, all three of which were made up of female MCs. She graduated with a degree in African Studies from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lisbon and completed a master’s degree in Social Work at ISCTE. She is the author of the book Um preto muito português.
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Alexandra Matos
Portuguese producer with a degree in Journalism from the Escola Superior de Comunicação Social. Co-founder of Many Takes, she specialises in the production of cultural documentaries, such as Filhos do Meio — Hip Hop à Margem and the fiction series “Novas Narrativas de Caça”. Her work focuses on social and urban narratives, helping to raise the profile of contemporary communities and cultural movements.
Programme
18:00 / Screening of the episode Limbo
Inspired by real events, Limbo explores the identity crisis of a young Black man who, as the son of Cape Verdean parents, has always been raised in the Portuguese way. His name is Nuno; he is a teenager, and he is attending a private party in a social housing estate in Sintra for the first time with two friends: Artur and Edson. The party, with its African rhythms, heats up and chaos ensues. Amidst the chaos, Nuno is confronted with the structural inevitability of his skin colour.
18:30 / Talk
Credits
Written and directed by
Fábio Silva
Photography
Maurício Franco
Editing
Pedro Caldeira
Cast
Pedro Lopes, Ivo Arroja, Teosson Chau, Inês Sousa, Carolina Toscano, Miguel Sermão
Production
Many Takes and Galo Bravo
Executive production
Alexandra Matos, Alexandre Antunes, Luís Almeida and Victor Lemos
Genre
Drama
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