Remainders
Director Raphaël GRISEY
Countries France
Duration 104 min
Synopsis
A quilombo, a community of descendants of former slaves, is about to be born, or rather to reacquire visibility, in a valley threatened by a multinational mining concern. In town, real estate speculation is invading another quilombo, while the women of the community are v aliantly fighting to preserve what remains and win back stolen lands. Remanescentes is a documentary essay on the quilombola question and the complex relations the Brazilian people maintain with their origins. Raphaël Grisey follows and interweaves together two situations of struggle for the right to land, while introducing the audience to the poetry and magic of Brazil's “maroon” culture.
A quilombo, a community of descendants of former slaves, is about to be born, or rather to reacquire visibility, in a valley threatened by a multinational mining concern. In town, real estate speculation is invading another quilombo, while the women of the community are v aliantly fighting to preserve what remains and win back stolen lands. Remanescentes is a documentary essay on the quilombola question and the complex relations the Brazilian people maintain with their origins. Raphaël Grisey follows and interweaves together two situations of struggle for the right to land, while introducing the audience to the poetry and magic of Brazil's “maroon” culture.