Overview

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival sources to retrieve the trajectory of black actresses and actors who, between absences and delimited presences, between the fallacy of a racial democracy – based on the harmony among Brazil’s diverse identities – and erasure of identity, strain the history of Brazilian audiovisual and above all, our own history.

Cast

Antônio Pitanga, Antônio Pompêo, Zezé Motta, Grande Otelo, Lázaro Ramos, Milton Gonçalves, Ruth de Souza, Léa Garcia

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What is "Pressed, Ripped Apart" about?

What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival sources to retrieve the trajectory of black actresses and actors who, between absences and delimited presences, between the fallacy of a racial democracy – based on the harmony among Brazil’s diverse identities – and erasure of identity, strain the history of Brazilian audiovisual and above all, our own history.

When was "Pressed, Ripped Apart" released?

Pressed, Ripped Apart was released in 2019.

Who stars in "Pressed, Ripped Apart"?

The cast includes Antônio Pitanga, Antônio Pompêo, Zezé Motta, Grande Otelo.