O longa-documentário SEMENTES nasce do desejo de contar como a barbárie da morte de Marielle Franco se transformou no maior levante político conduzido por mulheres negras que esse país já viu. O filme acompanha desde Junho de 2018 as candidaturas a deputada estadual e federal de seis mulheres no Rio de Janeiro: Jaqueline De Jesus, Mônica Francisco, Renata Souza, Rose Cipriano, Tainá de Paula e Talíria Petrone.

 

Por que o projeto é importante?

No Brasil, a sub-representação feminina na política assusta: menos de 10% das cadeiras existentes na Câmara dos Deputados são ocupadas por mulheres e no caso de mulheres negras este número é ainda menor.

 

 

O Brasil está em 155º lugar em participação feminina no Poder Legislativo, segundo lista atualizada em Junho de 2018 da União Parlamentar (UIP). Com este índice, amarga o posto de país com menor representação parlamentar feminina na América do Sul.

Apenas 4,5% das mulheres estão presentes no alto escalão da política institucional brasileira enquanto elas representam mais da metade dos eleitores brasileiros.
Apesar de ainda pequeno o número de mulheres negras ocupando cadeiras na política institucional, esse movimento é um indicador da mudança que as sementes de Marielle vão construindo, lentamente, com firmeza e afeto.
 

 

THE MOVIE

The documentary feature Marielle's Seeds is born out of the desire to tell how the barbarity of Marielle Franco's death has become the greatest political uprising led by black women this country has ever seen. The film followed from June of 2018 the candidacies of six women in Rio de Janeiro to be a part of House of Representatives: Jaqueline De Jesus, Monica Francisco, Renata Souza, Rose Cipriano, Tainá and Talíria Petrone.

 

Why is the movie important?

Female political representation in Brazil is shockingly underrepresented: less than 10% of existing seats in the House of Representatives are occupied by women and in the case of black women the number is even lower.

According to the updated list of the Parliamentary Union (UIP) in June of 2018 Brazil occupies the 155th position in female participation in the Legislative Power. The country has the lowest female parliamentary representation in South America and only 4.5% of women are present at the top of Brazilian institutional policy while women represent more than half of Brazilian voters.

Despite the small number of black women occupying seats in institutional politics, this movement is an indicator of the change that Marielle's seeds are slowly building with firmness and affection.

 

Nas últimas eleições houve um aumento de mais de 151% no número de candidaturas de mulheres negras no país. Apesar de uma eleição marcada pelo avanço da extrema direita, o movimento de mulheres negras e periféricas na política institucional marca também um contraponto ao conservadorismo e extremismo vigentes.

Colaborar com a realização do documentário Sementes é incentivar que essa história de resistência seja contada e amplificada. E que outros caminhos para a democracia brasileira sejam vislumbrados como possíveis.

 

WHY COLLABORATE?

In the past elections there was a 151% increase in the number of black women candidates in Brazil. Despite an election marked by the advancement of right wing politicians, the movement of black and peripheral women into institutional politics also marks a counterpoint on prevailing conservatism and extremism. Collaborating with the production of the documentary Marielle’s Seeds is a form to encourage this story of resistance to be told and amplified in addition to attest that are other possibilities available for the Brazilian democracy.

 

 

Para nós do Sementes é crucial que o filme seja exibido para além das telas de cinema. Para isso, uma parceria com a Taturana Mobilização Social foi construída para levar o filme para as escolas públicas, institutos federais, coletivos de jovens negras, associação de moradores, bibliotecas populares, para o bairro, para a rua.  A distribuição de impacto social busca justamente aproximar o filme e seu tema de jovens negras que vivem em periferias brasileiras. Exibições com debates com a presença das candidatas e deputadas que fazem parte do filme, eventos no bairro que combinem a exibição do documentário com outras atrações culturais locais, são ações pensadas e planejadas para a distribuição do Sementes.

 

SOCIAL IMPACT

For us it is crucial that Marielle’s Seeds be exhibited in others territories and spaces rather than movie theaters. Therefore we partnered with Taturana Mobilização Social to take the documentary into public schools, federal institutes, black youth groups and movements, community centers, popular libraries, into neighborhood that don’t have cinemas in their surroundings and of course, to the streets. The social impact distribution precisely seeks to bring the film and its theme to black youth who live in Brazilian peripheries. Exhibitions with debates and the presence of the candidates or the film crew, events in those neighborhoods that combine the exhibition of the documentary with other local cultural attractions are some of the actions thought out and planned for the distribution of Marielle’s Seeds.

 

Seis mulheres com histórias políticas, militâncias, partidos e pontos de vista distintos que juntas mostram a diversidade enriquecedora das mulheres negras na política brasileira. “Somos muitas e somos diversas”.

THE SEEDS

Six women with political stories, activism, partys and different points of view that together show the enriched diversity of black women in Brazilian politics. “We are many and we are diverse”.

 

Jaqueline de Jesus

Trans woman, 40 years old, PhD in Philosophy born in the outskirts of Brazil’s capital, in the city of Ceilândia. Jaqueline implemented the quota policy for black people into University of Brasilia, one of the most important ones in Brazil. She has been living in Rio de Janeiro for over ten years defending the human rights agenda and reporting LGBTphobia. Jaqueline received the Chiquinha Gonzaga medal, given to her by Marielle Franco, the highest honor bestowed by the Chamber of Deputies.

Mônica Francisco

Mônica Francisco is a 48-year-old progressive evangelical pastor born in Borel, a favela located in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. She has worked with initiatives in and for the favelas for over twenty years and was one of the members of Marielle's mandate for this agenda. Mônica was elected with over 40,000 votes

Renata Souza

Renata Souza is 36 years old, journalist, PhD in Communication and for more than twenty years she has been active in the defense of human rights in the territories of favelas and peripheries in Rio de Janeiro. Her struggle to decriminalize favelas brought her together with Federal Representative Marcelo Freixo and Marielle Franco. Renata was elected with over 60 thousand votes.

Rose Cipriano

Rose Cipriano lives in Duque de Caxias, a city in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. She is 46 years old and defines herself using the expression 3Ps: Preta (Black), Pobre (Poor) and Professora (Teacher). Her openness about corruption and abandonment of the current government in Caxias led to a public dispute with the mayor and a personal threat made by him. In 2018, she was a candidate for state representative seeking to be a seed of hope in the arid land of the Baixada Fluminense.

Tainá de Paula

Architect and urbanist Tainá , 36, works with urban planning and public housing. She actuates alongside MTST (Homeless Worker’s Movement) developing viable and efficable solutions for the public housing issue. She was a candidate in 2018 and her agenda was urban planning as a path to social inclusion.

Talíria Petrone

Talíria is 33 years old and has acted for over ten years as a teacher in public education. In 2016 she was the most voted councilwoman in Niterói, a municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro and since the beginning of her political life has defended the reassurance of human rights. Talíria was elected with over 100 thousand votes and her challenge in 2019 is to face an ultraconservative and extremist Congress.

 

 

 

 

 

TIMELINE

June - October 2018

First stage of filming: Pre-candidacy and electoral campaign!

Election Day: 10/07/2018

We followed the six candidates and observed their reactions and possible victories. On that day, three of them were elected: Monica Francisco, Renata Souza and Talíria Petrone. 

November/2018 - January/2019

First cut being edited!

February/2019

Second stage of filming: the representatives taking office and the first weeks in the new job: the adaptation to the workplace, the new political position and the various challenges they will face in an extremely conservative country. 

March to August 2019

Third stage of filming + Editing and Post-production!

 

 

 

Nossa equipe principal é 100% composta de mulheres e dessas 50% são mulheres negras que, além de profissionais da indústria cinematográfica atuam no movimento negro, anti-racista e no fortalecimento das redes de mulheres negras no Brasil. Contamos também com uma rede de voluntárias mulheres que estão contribuindo em diversas áreas e fazendo com que esse documentário exista!

 

Produção Executiva: Noix Cultura

Produtores Associados: Sapucaia

Direção: Júlia Mariano e Éthel Oliveira

Roteiro: Helena Dias e Lumena Aleluia

Coordenação de Produção: Helena Dias e Júlia Mariano 

Direção de Fotografia: Marina .S. Alves

Montagem: Mariana Penedo

Direção de Arte e Design: Julia Rocha 

Produção: Camilla Shinoda, Clara Alves, Carolina Mazzi, Éthel Oliveira, Julia Araújo, Julia Rocha e Rafaela Rocha

Fotografia Adicional: Beatriz Ludolf, Carolina Matias, Clara Cavour, Dianna da Costa, David Alves, Gabrielle Souza, Gê Vasconcelos, Jamille Pinto, Júlia Mariano, Julia Parucker, Kellyan Costa, Marina Alves, Priscila Alves, Rafael Mazza e Tayana Nascimento

Assistente de Câmera: Gaia Laforde e Lucas Quintana

Fotografia Still: Lumena e Maria Clara Mazini

Técnicos de Som: Anne Santos, Dayane Pinto, Éthel Oliveira, Helena Dias, Júlia Mariano, Juciele Fonseca, Irla Franco, Isabela Godoi, Mariana Graciotti, Thiago Dideus e Vitoria Parente

Desenho de Som: Camila Machado

 

 

TEAM & PARTNERS

Our main team is 100% female and 50% of us are black women, professionals of the film industry who are also active in the anti-racist movement and in the strengthening of black women's networks in Brazil. We also have a network of volunteers who are contributing in several areas facilitating the documentary!

Executive Producer: Noix Cultura

Associate Producers: Sapucaia

Directors: Júlia Mariano e Éthel Oliveira

Screenwriting : Helena Dias e Lumena  

Production Coordination: Helena Dias e Júlia Mariano 

Director of Photography: Marina .S. Alves

Film Editing: Mariana Penedo

Art Direction and Design: Julia Rocha 

Production: Camilla Shinoda, Clara Alves, Carolina Mazzi, Éthel Oliveira, Julia Araújo, Julia Rocha e Rafaela Rocha

Additional Photography: Beatriz Ludolf, Carolina Matias, Clara Cavour, Dianna da Costa, David Alves, Gabrielle Souza, Gê Vasconcelos, Jamille Pinto, Júlia Mariano, Julia Parucker, Kellyan Costa, Marina Alves, Priscila Alves, Rafael Mazza e Tayana Nascimento

Camera Assistant: Gaia Laforde e Lucas Quintana

Still: Lumena e Maria Clara Mazini

Sound Technician: Anne Santos, Dayane Pinto, Éthel Oliveira, Helena Dias, Júlia Mariano, Juciele Fonseca, Irla Franco, Isabela Godoi, Mariana Graciotti, Thiago Dideus e Vitoria Parente

Sound Design: Camila Machado

 

 

 

 

 

Esta meta é TUDO OU NADA! Atingindo este valor seguimos no caminho rumo ao orçamento ideal e conseguiremos com esta quantia cobrir os custos com a equipe técnica e de produção do documentário: diretoras, produtoras, diretora de fotografia, técnicas de som, designer e editora.

 

Atingindo esta meta nós garantimos que o filme siga acompanhando três das candidatas/personagens eleitas: Mônica Francisco, Renata Souza e Talíria Petrone. Acompanhá-las na transição para a política institucional, exercendo suas funções de deputadas.

 

Editar o filme é sem dúvidas uma das etapas mais importantes do processo! É o que garante que ele seja finalizado e exibido! Garantindo essa meta, você colabora para que o filme seja editado, finalizado e amplamente distribuído.

 

 

GOALS

GOAL #1

This goal is ALL OR NOTHING! Attaining this value, we are on the way towards the ideal budget and we will be able to cover the costs with the technical and production team of the documentary: directors, producers, cinematographer, sound technicians, designer and the film editor.

GOAL #2

Reaching this goal we ensure that the film continues to follow three of the candidates elected: Mônica Francisco, Renata Souza and Taliria Petrone. Accompany them in their transition to institutional politics, exercising their activities as representatives!

GOAL #3

Editing the movie is undoubtedly one of the most important steps in the process! That's what ensures it is finalized and exhibited! By ensuring this goal, you collaborate so that the film is edited, finalized and widely distributed.

 

As recompensas foram pensadas com carinho para os colaboradores dessa iniciativa tão potente! Escolha a sua :) 

 

PAYOFFS

The payoffs have been kindly thought out to the collaborators of this potent initiative! Choose yours!

 

* imagens meramente ilustrativas. As artes ainda estão sendo desenvolvidas pelas artistas e designers e serão atualizadas em breve.

*merely illustrative images. The arts are still being developed by artists and designers and will be updated soon.  

 

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