Tela Preta

On a Christmas night, two children decide to play with an Ouija board. Christmas is time to celebrate life, spread love and sow hope. So it is good to be close to those we love, even if they are no longer with us.

This is where I live, the Panarello Building. I don't know the name of my neighbors, or how to pronounce Panarello. I just wanted to make a film about this building, actually, about people. I just wanted to talk to someone who lived here.

On a journey through Greater Goiânia, we traverse avenues, streets, spaces, and even time itself. With a gaze fixed on the laborers who have worked and continue to work incessantly for the metropolis to advance, we reflect on this narrow city-worker relationship. Now, we pause for a few moments to observe our surroundings and witness this bond — so close, yet so worn out.

In the cosplay world, where anything can be adapted, a simple change in a character’s skin color still meets resistance. Amid challenges such as racial and gender prejudice, cosplayer Kami Júpiter shows that everyone can see themselves in the characters they love and that Black ninjas do exist.

The mandatory military enlistment process brings with itself a determination that cannot be avoided, forcing many young people to serve against their will. But certain calls are permeated by a complex game of forces, which involves desires and prejudices, in relation to those enlisted with behavior outside the normative standards from a social, racial and sexual point of view.