Jóia Rara (Rare Jewel)
Brazilian Filmmakers
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Short Films, 22-Aug-2026
Created by Juh Almeida during Brave Futures São Paolo.
Jóia Rara is a hybrid documentary that fabulates the heritage, prosperity and transmission of knowledge between generations of black Afro-diasporic women, having as a starting point the historical figure of Florinda Anna do Nascimento, known as Dona Fulô. By digging up a jewel hidden in the past, a young black woman goes through an experience in which memory, archive and imagination coexist.
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