#7 Challenging norms in documentary cinema and Using limitations as a solution - In conversation with Adriana Barbosa
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Adriana is a Mexican-Brazilian filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on non-fiction cinema, experimental and hybrid narratives, addressing themes like immigration, colonization, LGBTQ+ rights, latino communities and faith.
She recently moved from São Paulo, Brazil, where she was part of the film collective “Cinefusão'' and where she started her own production company "en caliente films”, in 2014. She produced the narrative feature films Young and Miserable and a film of cinema directed by Thiago B. Mendonça. She directed Ferroada (Bite), a short film about the Brazilian marginal writer/undertaker named Tico. In 2018 she co-directed along with Thiago Zanato La Flaca (The Bony Lady), a short film about a Mexican transgender woman and leader of the Santa Muerte cult in Queens, NY. The film was highly acclaimed and entered over 100 film festivals around the world. Among them: 43th Frameline, 37th Outfest, 21th Guanajuato International Film Festival, 35th Kasseler Dokfest, 40th Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine-latinoamericano de la Habana, 25th Encounters Film Festival, 28th Message to man.
Also in 2018, she directed with Bruno Mello Castanho the feature documentary Madrigal For a Living Poet in Brazil. She also directs with Fernanda Pessoa the short film Same/Different/Both/Neither, a video correspondence between the filmmakers living in Los Angeles (USA) and São Paulo (Brazil), aiming for a premiere in 2021.
She is currently producing the feature documentary Esu and the Universe, a co-production between Brazil and Nigeria, and continues her research on a documentary about Mexican traditions related to death.
In today’s episode, we talk about her short film La Flaca, telling stories about under-represented groups, challenging norms in documentary cinema, and using limitations creatively.
See Adriana’s work:
Website: https://chicabarbosa.com/adriana
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