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Rhythmic Uprising Screening at Afro Brazil Arts
This screening is part of a grassroots distribution initiative that seeks to disseminate the Rhythmic Uprising documentary and generate funds to support the Rhythmic Uprising Media Project. This project continues to arm positive change makers in Bahia with video and computer equipment donations.
FILM SYNOPSIS: Rhythmic Uprising is a documentary that shows how vibrant Afro-Brazilian performing arts are used to fight racism, social exclusion, and poverty in Bahia, Brazil. The film outlines the transformative powers of a large movement of community cultural projects that make up the latest chapter in a creative struggle for racial equality that began four centuries ago. Concepts of citizenship considered in this hour-long film include capoeira, candombl, blocos afros, theater, circus, and quilombos.
ABOUT AFRO BRAZIL ARTS: Afro Brazil Arts is a non-profit youth development organization that inspires achievement and community through capoeira, a Brazilian self-defense and dance. Since 1991, ABA has touched the lives of over one million youth through performances and classes featuring Brazilian dance, music, and capoeira in schools and community centers throughout the US and Brazil. ABA has earned a stellar reputation in schools and operates a Capoeira Academy where people of diverse ages and abilities practice capoeira together.
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Contact: Keiko Tamura, 347.678.5903, info@rhythmicuprising.org
For more information about the Rhythmic Uprising Media Project or the documentary, visit http://rhythmicuprising.org
For more information about Afro Brazil Arts, please visit http://www.afrobrazilarts.org/
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LocationClemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk St
New York, NY 10002
United States
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