Sobrevivente, by Dércio Tomás Ferreira
Novas Narrativas de Caça
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Date
- 20:30 / Cancelled 20:30 / Sold out Saturday, 20:30
Location
Studio Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
Sobrevivente, episode from the series “Novas Narrativas de Caça”, looks ahead to a relatively distant future and brings together screenwriter and director Décio Tomás Ferreira, actress Nádia Silva, and theatre director and playwright Marco Mendonça for a conversation about Afrofuturism.
In this dystopian episode, the year is 2174 and Portugal, divided into several factions, is embroiled in a civil war. Shakari, a pregnant mixed-race former soldier, infiltrates one of the factions, fighting to survive and to save her child.
Is this episode more of a premonition than a vision of an alternative future?
This will be the starting point for a conversation about the Afrofuturist movement between the director, Nádia Silva, the actress who plays Shakari, and Marco Mendonça, director, playwright and creator of works such as Black Face and Reparations, Baby!. The talk will be moderated by Marta Lança.
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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Dércio Tomás Ferreira
Filmmaker and screenwriter, born in Luanda, Angola. After graduating with a degree in Multimedia, he developed a passion for filmmaking. His first short film, entitled Sondagem, in which he critiques the behaviour of young people under the influence of social media, was released in 2018. His second work, Depressão, is a short film that addresses depression in black men and the taboo surrounding the illness within the black community.
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Nádia Silva
She was born in the province of Cabinda, in Angola. A model and former beauty queen, she represented her country at the Miss Universe pageant in 2009. As an actress, she has appeared in major soap operas such as TPA’s Windeck. In Portugal, she was the first Black woman to host a late-night show, Miradouro da Lua, on RTP África.
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Marco Mendonça
He was born in Mozambique in 1995. Based in Lisbon, he is an actor, creator and director, with a degree from ESTC. He is noted for his work with the Os Possessos theatre company and at the D. Maria II National Theatre. Winner of the 6th Ageas/TNDM II Revelation Award, he has created acclaimed plays on racism and art, such as Blackface and Reparations Baby!.
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Marta Lança
Writer, editor, translator and cultural programmer. Founder and editorial director of BUALA, a platform dedicated to contemporary cultures of the Global South and Afro-diasporic practices, her work brings together critical thinking, colonial memory and the arts. She contributes regularly to magazines, newspapers and academic projects. Her work lies at the intersection of culture, politics and decolonial practices. She has translated key authors such as Achille Mbembe and Felwine Sarr into Portuguese. She holds a degree in Portuguese Studies from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (FCSH), New University of Lisbon.
Programme
20:30 / Screening of the episode “Sobrevivente”
After years of recession, Portugal descends into civil war. The elite group known as The Vanguard establishes the New Capital, a safe haven far from the conflict.
Shakari, a former soldier with Nova Capital, is raped by a member of the Vanguarda and becomes pregnant. To survive, she agrees to infiltrate the Free Unit, the black faction, at the behest of the Conquistadores, a radical white group seeking to overthrow their leader, Castro Rocha. As she struggles to save herself and the child she is expecting, Shakari reveals motivations that run deeper than they first appear.
21:15 / Talk
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Credits
Written and directed by
Dércio Tomás Ferreira
Photography
Johel Almeida VFX Eduardo Kurt
Editing
Pedro Caldeira
Cast
Nádia Silva, Dinarte Freitas, Tomás Ferreira, Carolina Lopes, Allex Miranda
Production
Many Takes and Galo Bravo
Executive production
Alexandra Matos, Alexandre Antunes, Luís Almeida and Victor Lemos
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