Short films that convey the struggle for Black Brazilians, pushed to the margins in mainstream narratives and historically excluded from opportunities like higher education, to carve out territories where they can claim a sense of place.
Pre-recorded Q&A with João Antonio Santucci, director of White Zombies, and Ana Júlia Travia, director of SAMPLE, accompanies this screening! This talk appears at the end of this film playlist for viewing throughout the festival.
We follow the daily lives of three young students at the University of São Paulo. They symbolize a first generation of Black students that, thanks to the government's new education policy, are able to attend the best public universities in the country—places traditionally reserved for a white elite.
"[The] various questions raised throughout the film are conflicts that permeate the life of almost every young Black university student today...What the film does is to present a path: unity. How Many of Us Were to Be Here? makes it clear that...the way to obtain these answers can only be union, embrace, dialogue, affection." — William Oliveira, Janela de Cinema
- Year2018
- Runtime29 minutes
- LanguagePortuguese w/ English subtitles
- CountryBrazil
- DirectorVinícius Silva
Short films that convey the struggle for Black Brazilians, pushed to the margins in mainstream narratives and historically excluded from opportunities like higher education, to carve out territories where they can claim a sense of place.
Pre-recorded Q&A with João Antonio Santucci, director of White Zombies, and Ana Júlia Travia, director of SAMPLE, accompanies this screening! This talk appears at the end of this film playlist for viewing throughout the festival.
We follow the daily lives of three young students at the University of São Paulo. They symbolize a first generation of Black students that, thanks to the government's new education policy, are able to attend the best public universities in the country—places traditionally reserved for a white elite.
"[The] various questions raised throughout the film are conflicts that permeate the life of almost every young Black university student today...What the film does is to present a path: unity. How Many of Us Were to Be Here? makes it clear that...the way to obtain these answers can only be union, embrace, dialogue, affection." — William Oliveira, Janela de Cinema
- Year2018
- Runtime29 minutes
- LanguagePortuguese w/ English subtitles
- CountryBrazil
- DirectorVinícius Silva
