简介：Apoeticinvestigationintothedeep-rootedracisminBrazilBrazilwasthelastWesternnationtoabolishslavery,in1888.Socialsegregationbasedonskincolorcontinuestothisday,partlyasaresultofthemassiveinfluxofEuropeanswhohadaccesstojobs,land,andloans,whiletheBlackpopulationwaslefttofendforthemselves.FilmmakerToniVenturi,aBrazilianwithItalianroots,interviewsalargenumberofhiscompatriotsabouttheirexperienceswithracism:adoctorwhowasmistakenforathief,andadomesticworkerwhowastreatedlikeaslavebyheremployer.ThetragicaccountofawomanfromSãoPaulowhosesonwaskilledbypoliceofficersonthestreetbecausehedidn’thavehisidentitycard.Venturi’spoeticsequencingoffinelylitinterviews,philosophicalreflections,archivefootage,andmusicalintermezzosyieldsamultifacetedpictureofdeeplyrootedeverydayracism—includingconsiderationsofthedirector’sownposition.
