Jongos, Calangos and Folias: Black Music, Memory and Poetry

The film Jongos, Calangos and Folias: Black Music, Memory and Poetry is a historiographical documentary made ​from the audiovisual archives of Acervo UFF Petrobrás Cultural Memória e Música Negra. It is also intended for educational purposes, following the Brazilian National Curriculum Guidelines for Education of Ethnic-Racial Relations and the Teaching of Afro-Brazilian and African History and Culture, published in 2004. The history of jongos, calangos and folias, as cultural heritage, is presented associated with the history of social groups that support it. The film highlights the role of black poetry in all three cultural manifestations and its role in the political legitimation of the remaining Quilombo communities of the state of Rio de Janeiro. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FILM.

The first part of the film relates to the state's coast, north and south, point of disembarkation of the last Africans arrived as slaves in Brazil, and presents the quilombola communities of Bracuí, in Angra dos Reis, and Rasa, in Buzios. The second part goes up the Serra do Mar, arrives at the Vale do Paraíba, the old coffee valley in the XIX century, where most of the recently arrived were addressed. There, representatives of communities of Barra do Piraí, Quilombo São José da Serra and Duas Barras are interviewed. The third and final part goes down the sierra and reaches the Baixada Fluminense, especially Nova Iguaçu, Mesquita, Duque de Caxias and São João do Meriti, where many of the descendants of the last slaves headed, at different moments of the XX century, in search for better job opportunities. In all regions are presented the relations between jongos, calangos and folias de reis, as family patrimonies, with emphasis on poetry and on the challenges present at these manifestations.

Jongos, Calangos e Folias - Música Negra, memória e poesia (Jongos, Calangos and Folias: Black Music, Memory and Poetry) | 2007 | Runtime: 45 min | General Direction: Hebe Mattos e Martha Abreu | Cinematography: Guilherme Fernandez | Editing: Isabel castro | Sound: Helio Leite | Production Coordination: Marta Nobrega | Research Coordination: Carolina Vianna, Carlos Eduardo Costa, Thiago Campos Pessoa | Researchers: Camila Marques, Camila Mendonça, Edmilson Santos, Eric Brasil, Gilciano Menezes, Liliane Brito, Luana Oliveira, Luciana Leonardo, Matheus Serva Pereira, Rejane Becker | Multimedia Coordination: Ana Paula Serrano | Visual Programming: André de Castro | Consultants: Ana Lugão Rios, Antonio Carlos Gomes, Mathias Assunção, Mônica Leme, Robert Slenes | Executive Production: JLM Produções Artísticas.