The Making of "Maestrina da Favela"
Caras Lindas
English - January 24, 2020 22:11 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBEducation Society & Culture afro latinx caras lindas community history latin america manuel mendez washington dc black latinx Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Caras Lindas talks with Falani Afrika, a DC native and independent filmmaker who also enjoys working with the youth as an art educator with Guerilla Arts Inc. Falani’s current project is Maestrina da Favela, a coming-of-age documentary following the life of Afro-Brazilian, female percussionist Elem Silva between the ages of 13-22.