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    Antonia

    Tata Amaral 2006 Brazil Fiction color 90min Portuguese 35mm
    In Vila Brasilândia, on the outskirts of São Paulo, four black girls struggle to make their dream of living off their music come true. The childhood friends, Preta (Negra Li), Barbarah (Leilah Moreno), Mayah (Quelynah) and Lena (Cindy) quit their jobs as background vocals for a rap group to form their own group, “Antonia”. Discovered by manager Marcelo Diamante (Thaíde), they begin to sing rap, R&B, pop and soul music at bars and middle-class parties. But just when they seem on the verge of fulfilling their dream, their hopes are dashed by the everyday events that accompany a life of poverty, violence and male chauvinism.

    In a fit of jealousy, Preta splits up with her boyfriend and begins taking care of her young daughter, Emilia, by herself. Lena yields to her husband’s pressure to give up singing rap music. Barbarah, a Kung Fu fighter, is involved in a fight that ends in the death of her brother’s boyfriend. Separated by a bitter destiny, the four girls will have to fight to reassemble the bits and pieces of their group and salvage the happiness of singing together.

    The movie capitalizes on the effervescent cultural scene found on the outskirts of São Paulo, but is not limited to it. “Antonia is more than just a film on rap, on hip-hop culture or a chronicle on life as lived by those on the other side of the river. For me, it’s a movie about women warriors”, says Fernando Meirelles, co-producer of the film and director of City of God. “It’s a movie to do away with the idea that ‘young lady’ is synonymous with fragility or submission. Repeat after me: Women Warriors.”

    Director

    Tata Amaral

    Tata Amaral is one of Brazil’s most awarded female filmmakers. Her first feature-length film, Um Céu de Estrelas, was elected by critics as one of the three most important national films in the 90s, and won 18 awards around the world. Her next movie Através da Janela, won ten different awards. Tata has directed more than ten short films, including the acclaimed Viver a Vida.

    Tata Amaral

    2006 Antonia

    2000 Atraves da Janala

    1996 Um Ceu De Estrelas

    1991 Viver a Vida

    Producer: Tata Amaral, Georgia Costa Araujo

    Director: Tata Amaral

    Screenplay: Tata Amaral, Roberto Moreira

    Cinematographer: Jacob Sarmento Solitrenick

    Editor: Ide Lacreta

    Sound: Eduardo Santos Mendes, Joao Godoy

    Music: Beto Villares, Parteum

    Cast: Cindy Mendes, Negra Li, Leilah Moreno, Quelynah

    Language: Portuguese

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