Nosso Sagrado (2017)
In the First Republic (1889-1930) as well as in the Vargas Era (1930-1945) the traditional terreiro communities were criminalized, their religious leaders were persecuted and their sacred objects were seized. In Rio de Janeiro, more than 200 objects were seized by the police, and after the end of the official criminalization, they became part of the collection in the Museum of Civil Police. The documentary The Sacred within us deals with the past of persecution towards traditional terreiro communities, the "Black Magic" collection found in the Police Museum, the difficulty of access to the collection by religious, researchers and the population in general, as well as the struggle for to release the sacred objects that have been in the possession of the Civil Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro for 100 years.
Directors:
Fernando Sousa, Jorge Santana, Gabriel Barbosa.
Writers:
Fernando Sousa, Jorge Santana, Gabriel Barbosa.
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Luizinha de Nanã as Self |
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Nathália Fernandes as Self |
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Mãe Meninazinha de Oxum as Self |
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Mam'etu Mabeji as Self |
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Arthur Valle as Self |
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Luiz Antônio Simas as Self |
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Juliana Aguida as Self |
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Pamela Oliveira as Self |
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Fernanda F. Pradal as Self |
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Mãe Flavia Pinto as Self |
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Ronilson Pacheco as Self |
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Kota N'tangu Maza as Self |
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Lívia Casseres as Self |
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Flavio Serafini as Self |
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Jorge Santana as Self |
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Mãe Beata de Iemanjá as Self (archive footage) |
| Sound | Vilson Almeida | Sound |
| Directing | Fernando Sousa | Director |
| Writing | Fernando Sousa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Viviane Tavares | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Jorge Santana | Screenplay |
| Camera | Luis Felipe Marques | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mariana Medeiros | Producer |
| Writing | Gabriel Barbosa | Screenplay |
| Editing | André Pacheco | Editor |
| Directing | Jorge Santana | Director |
| Directing | Gabriel Barbosa | Director |
| Directing | Mariana Medeiros | Assistant Director |
| Production | Viviane Tavares | Producer |