Mariana Luiza

Muanza, a woman born in the Kingdom of Kongo in the early nineteenth century and trafficked to Brazil, awakens to find herself in the present, roaming the streets of Rio’s rapidly changing port region, known as ‘Pequena Africa’, or Little Africa.

Maria, a young black woman born in a quilombo in the interior of the state, is a quota holder at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His mother, Francisca, lives his life cutting sugar cane near the quilombo. The two exchange messages to kill the homesick and reflect on the end of a social and economic era.

In 1911, during the Universal Races Congress in London, the representative from Brazil presented a painting titled “Ham’s Redemption” (A redenção de Cam).