Hip Hop com Dendê
A reflection of the movement gaining thousands of followers worldwide, hip hop arrives in Bahia and captivates a large portion of its peripheral youth, who blend its elements — graffiti, breakdancing, rap, DJing, MCing, and “thinking”— with local artistic expressions. Together, they discover alternative ways to communicate and speak to their own people, through community radio stations, community newspapers, the internet, and especially word of mouth.
Fabíola Aquino is a filmmaker, journalist, and cultural producer, and managing partner of Obá Cacauê. Her work includes directing, writing, and producing. Her projects include: Hip Hop com dendê, A Feira – Patrimônio Imaterial, Palhas Trançadas de Cor – Bolsas de Piaçava de Porto Sauípe, Do Alto da Estrela – Madonas de Cerâmica de Lençóis and Brasilianos – Jovens músicos da NEOJIBA. In 2012, she produced and directed the medium-length film Água de Meninos – A Feira do Cinema Novo. She was an executive production assistant on the films A coleção invisível e A finada mãe da Madame, by Bernard Attal, and A luta do Século, a documentary by Sérgio Machado. Producer of the fiction series Sonhadores (08 Eps, 2019), premiered on Prime Video in Brazil, the United States and the United Kingdom in July 2020. Executive producer of Àkàrà no fogo da intolerância, a feature film directed by Claudia Chavez, which premiered in 2020 on the Curta! channel and continues to be shown on Tamanduá TV, Now, and Prime Video. In 2019, she released two documentaries de directed and produced by her: Samba Junino – de porta em porta (50′), and Balizando Dois de Julho (25′). In 2020, she released Festa de Iemanjá (42′). In 2021, the short film Pokett Nery – Rainha do Samba Junino (25′) premiered, where she is the executive producer, scriptwriter and assistant director.
Lilian Machado is a journalist.
Brazil, 2006, 15’
Director: Fabíola Aquino e Lilian Machado
