From the East Side, where the city ends (or begins), comes rhymes, colours, and gestures which mark the space. For the artists of Cidade Tiradentes, their experience of the urban periphery provides both the basis and motivation for their works. These works dialogue with the challenges and dreams of this São Paulo district that grew as the artists themselves grew up. The film follows the life and transformations of street dance, graffiti and rap in this area, which is thought to be the largest social housing complex in Latin America. In this place, marked by exclusion, the population manage their difficulties with their own particular dynamics of sociability, housing and appropriation of territory.
Credits: NTSC, color, 44 min, 2010
Direction, research and script: Carolina Caffé and Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji
Editing and Screenplay: Karine Binaux
Cinematography: Rafael Nobre
Handycam Direction and Local Production: Daniel Hylario, Bob Jay and Michelle Fleury
Executive Production: Carolina Caffé and Rosana Shimura
Executive Production Assistant: Alinie Nascimento
Editing Technician: Ricardo Dionisio
Animation (graffiti): Andre Farkas and Arthur Guttilla
Original soundtrack: Thomas Rohrer
Sound design post audio production: Ewelter Rocha and Mauro Darcio
Colorization: Ricardo Dionisio and Mauro Darcio
Assistant Photographer: André Peniche
Direct Sound: Tomires Ribeiro
Art: Felipe Félix
Research and Production Assistant: Nathalie Ferreira
Co-Production: Movie&Art
Production: Sound and Image Laboratory of Anthropology (LISA-USP); Pólis Institute and W.S. Productions
Support: Etnodoc - Edital de Apoio a Documentários Etnográficos sobre Patrimônio Imaterial; FAPESP
Research projects: Sociocultural cartovideography of Cidade Tiradentes: cidadetiradentes.org.br
Realization: Pólis Institute
Thematic Project "Anthropology of Performance: Drama, Aesthetics and Ritual"
Support: FAPESP
Thematic Project "The Experience of Film in Anthropology
Support: FAPESP