Juliana Vicente
Writing
Biography
Juliana Vicente de Freitas, also known as Juliana Vicente, is a Brazilian director and filmmaker. She is the founder of Preta Portê Filmes, a company founded in 2009 in São Paulo with the aim of developing audiovisual projects that combine art and communication for a diverse market. The filmmaker aims to make content of social and artistic relevance, creating new Afro-indigenous and LGBTQIA+ narratives. In 2015, she was invited as a director to participate in the Berlinale Talents and received the Camera D’Or award with the co-production A Terra e a Sombra, at the Cannes Festival. In the same year she was nominated for the Claudia Award in the Culture category, for her contribution to Brazilian cinema. He directed the Netflix series Afronta! and a year later he directed the 13th season of the series Espelho, by Lázaro Ramos. Later he also directed the documentary Cidade Correria – Um Bando de Artistas (2020) and Viva Nossa Voz. His other works are: Colors and Boots, a short film; the documentaries Leva and Mauá: Luz ao Redor and the music video Marighella, by Racionais MCs. He also produced, making more than 40 films including shorts, medium-length films and feature films. In 2022, the director competed at the Rio Festival with her documentary Diálogos com Ruth de Souza and is preparing to release the documentary Racionais MC's - Das Ruas de São Paulo pro Mundo. Juliana was part of the Berlinale Talents group (2015), at the Berlin International Film Festival, the same year she was awarded the co-production A Terra e a Sombra, at the Cannes Festival. He directed the video Marighella, by Racionais MCs, best Video of the Year at VMB (MTV, 2012). He directed the 13th season of the series "Espelho", by Lázaro Ramos, (Canal Brasil, 2018). In 2020, at the invitation of Instagram, he was the general director of the pro-diversity campaign for the platform with the documentary "Viva Nossa Voz", produced by Preta Portê Filmes. In 2022, he will release two feature films: the documentary Diálogos com Ruth de Souza, which will be shown at the Rio Festival and the São Paulo International Film Festival, and the documentary "Racionais: Das Ruas de São Paulo pro o Mundo", which will also be shown by Mostra de São Paulo before debuting on Netflix.
Known For
When her husband is killed in a land grabbing attempt, Aline takes charge of cultivating his land and protecting his family. Facing the powerful Antonio La Selva, responsible for the death of her husband and the largest landowner in the region, Aline is determined to keep possession of her land and invest in its production. However, she didn't expect that she would fall in love with Daniel, son of her rival, who is at odds with his rebellious half-brother, Caio, who, in turn, also falls in love with the girl. In the interior of Brazil, Aline will have to fight two battles: the dispute for her lands and for her heart.
Land of Desire
Armed with music and a message, influential hip-hop group Racionais MC's turned their street poetry into a powerful movement in Brazil and beyond.
Racionais MC's: From the Streets of São Paulo
This docuseries spotlights Afro-Brazilian thinkers sharing their individual journeys and discussing representation, entrepreneurship and community.
Afronta! Facing It!
Joana suffers from a double personality and is obsessed with Anna Karenina, the character from Tolstoy's novel. Embodying the myth of Narcissus, Anna K. is the image and resemblance of Joana, stronger and more seductive.
Anna K.
Nádia is a transvestite who wants to be a mother. She will be a mother. She is a mother.
Profane Cow
Glauco Mattoso, a blind sadomasochistic poet, agrees to participate in a documentary about his own life, but the conditions he imposes raise difficulties to the work of the young director.
Film for Blind Poet
Ruth de Souza inaugurates the existence of black actresses on stage, television and cinema in Brazil. She carries within her the genesis of an important part of the achievements for black women over almost a century of life. At the age of 95, surpassing 70 in her career, amidst reflections and memories, a dialogue was born between two generations of black artists, Ruth and the director.
Conversations with Ruth de Souza
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As Minas do Rap
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Leva
Joana has the same dream as all young Brazilian girls in the 80s: she wants to be a Paquita, a dancer on Xuxa's TV show. Her family is wealthy, and will support her. However, there is a problem; she is black and Xuxa never had a black Paquita on her team.
Colors & Boots
Built in the heart of the metropolis of São Paulo, a maritime lighthouse holds mysteries and lives in the imagination of the city's residents.
Farol Invisível
Cidade Correria is Brazil pulsating and radically collective. Encounter with the overflowing of everyday urgencies, contradictions and potencies through the voice and birth of Coletivo Bonobando.
Cidade Correria
Matheus has two moms. Mom #1 goes into a crisis when she sees his drawings.
The Cross-Eyed
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Viva Nossa Voz
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