Authorship: Diversity/Ethnic-Racial of Jornal da USP
Published on the LISA website by Vanessa Munhoz • LISA Communication
Published: 11/24/2025
Film produced in USP laboratory premieres on social media
On Black Awareness Day, the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (Lisa) of the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences (FFLCH) of USP makes available on social media the film "São Palco - Afropolitan City"
The film São Palco – Cidade Afropolitana will be available on social media starting November 20th, Black Consciousness Day. The film is directed by Rose Hikiji and Jasper Chalcraft, both from the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology (Lisa) of the Department of Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences (FFLCH) of USP.
The film received the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 14th Ecofalante Film Festival in June of this year, and the Ana Galano Award for best feature film from the National Association of Postgraduate Studies in Social Sciences (Anpocs). The work is the fourth production of the project “Being/Becoming African in Brazil: Musical Practice and African Cultural Heritage in São Paulo,” which was part of the thematic project “Local Music Making: New Paths for Ethnomusicology,” supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp). The research sought to study the new generation of African musicians who arrived in São Paulo in the last decade. Rose Hikiji, a professor in the Department of Anthropology, and the English anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Jasper Chalcraft directed three other films in this project conducted alongside the Fapesp thematic project: Afrosampas, Tabuluja, and Woya Hayi Mawe – Where are you going?.
Creative Diaspora
São Palco – Cidade Afropolitana explores the African creative diaspora in São Paulo, showcasing artists such as Shambuyi Wetu and Yannick Delass from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lenna Bahule from Mozambique, and Edoh Amassize from Togo.
The film presents the city of São Paulo as a meta-stage occupied by African artists, in dialogue with the Brazilian population and its openness, contradictions, and tensions.
This text was originally published by Jornal da USP on November 19, 2025, at 7:46 PM. Read the original here.
Watch "São Palco - Afropolitan City": https://lisa.fflch.usp.br/sao_palco_cidade_afropolitana