Ôrí

Title: Ôrí
Author: Beatriz Nascimento
Editor: Renato Neiva Moreira
Photographer: Hermano Penna
Adrian Cooper
Jorge Bodanzky
Raquel Gerber
Pedro Farkas
Waldemar Tomas
Chico Botelho
Cláudio Kahns
Musician: Naná Vasconcelos
Director: Raquel Gerber
Producer: Fundação Cinema Brasileiro / Ignacio Gerber
Angra Filmes
Date Created: 1988-1989
Date: 1988/1989
Language: Portuguese
Collection: Soweto Black Organization
Program: Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description: PORTUGUESE: Flyer do documentário Ôrí (1989), dirigido pela cineasta, socióloga e historiadora Raquel Gerber. Ôrí significa “cabeça” na língua yorubá. O documentário é inspirado nos processos de independência étnica e nacional. Reflete sobre a migração forçada e a presença africana nas Américas, além de temas como racismo, quilombos, experiências afro-americanas e as interações entre questão racial e a questão nacional.
ENGLISH: Flyer with Ôrí documentary (1989) directed by cineaste, social scientist and historian Raquel Gerber. Ôrí means “head” in Yoruba language. The documentary is based on ethnic and national independence processes. It highlights the forced migration from Africa and the presence of African people in Americas, in addition to racism, quilombos, Afro-American experiences and interactions between racial question and national question.

Rights statement: unknown
Rights Holder: https://www.soweto.org.br, sowetoorganizacao@hotmail.com
Funding Note: Digitization for the Soweto Black Organization (Soweto Organização Negra) Collection was sponsored by the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.