Research Film Festival | Slavery, Memory and Citizenship

Ancestrality and orphanage

Watch the incisive comments about ancestrality and orphanage made by Alváro Nascimento, historian from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese) and David Scott, anthropologist from Columbia University, after they watched Body Games at the V International Research Film Festival at Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR, 20 June 2015.

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Past edition: Rio, june 2015

V Research International Film Festival
Heritage and Memory of Black Slavery in Brazil
June 20th at Escola do Olhar do Museu de Arte do Rio.
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Past edition: Rio, april 2015

V Research International Film Festival
Heritage and Memory of Black Slavery in Brazil
April 25th and 28th at Escola do Olhar do Museu de Arte do Rio.
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Past edition: Paris, may 2015

The films, which will be selected by a committee of scholars and/or filmmakers, will be aired during the next festival, taking place in Paris in May 2015. The airings will be open to a wide audience. Each film will be followed with a discussion among scholars, filmmakers and experts of the various fields explored. Other airings will later be organized by collaborating institutions in other cities in France and abroad.

Past edition: Quebec, february 2014

The Festival and the Seminar La dignité par l'image - Variations Diasporiques take place from february 17 to 19 at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. Click here for the festival program.

Call for entries

The Festival receives films constantly throughout the year for its annual editions. Visit submissions for more information.

For more information about the films from previous editions of the festival - some available online - please visit archives.