Activation – Sertão Negro – Maria Grampinho Film Club and roundtable discussion with Ceiça Ferreira, Edileuza Penha de Souza and Mariana Campos
On October 25, the second of four sessions of Cineclube Maria Grampinho will take place, which are part of the work by Sertão Negro at the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, followed by a roundtable discussion with the curators Ceiça Ferreira and Edileuza Penha Souza, and the filmmaker Mariana Campos. The activaion arises from the desire to fill this exhibition space with plural, rebellious, and sensitive Black narratives, contributing to the affirmation of an aesthetic and politics of the contemporary Black image. The event will take place from 3 pm to 5 pm at the Sertão Negro exhibition, on the first floor.
The activation features the screening of the short films Time de Dois [Team of two](’12, André Santos), O Tempo [Time](’13, Ellen Corrêa, 2024), Alexandria – um relâmpago [Alexandria – a lightining bolt] (’11, Keila Sankofa, 2022), Vida em Manifesto: Kesyde Sheilla [Life in Manifesto: Kesyde Sheilla] – Episode of the webseries Diaspóricas – 2nd season (’15, Ana Clara Gomes, 2024) and Minha história é outra [My Story is Different] (’22, Mariana Campos, 2019 – PG 13).
Ceiça Ferreira is a professor and researcher in the Film and Audiovisual Course at the State University of Goiás (UEG). She holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Brasília (UnB). She is co-founder of Sertão Negro Ateliê e Escola de Artes. She is the creator and director of Cineclube Maria Grampinho, whose curatorial proposal highlights black cinema.
Mariana Campos is a director, screenwriter, and producer. She is a founding partner of Timoneira Produções. She graduated in Radio and TV from UNESA, with training in Film Direction from the Darcy Ribeiro Film School and in Audiovisual from the Cinema Nosso School. Her filmography includes directing and screenwriting Minha História é Outra (2019), a short film that won awards at more than 15 film festivals in Brazil, was a finalist for the 2021 Brazilian Film Grand Prize, and is currently being shown on Canal Brasil and TV Brasil; and Tia Ciata (2017), also awarded at several festivals, such as the London Feminist Festival and the Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival.
Edileuza Penha de Souza is a teacher, filmmaker, and researcher. She has a postdoctoral degree in Communication and a PhD in Education from the University of Brasília (UnB). Among the films she has directed are the short films Vão das Almas (2023); Filhas de Lavadeiras (2019), voted best film at the 2021 Brazilian Film Grand Prix; and the feature film Vozes e Vãos (2025). She is the creator and organizer of the Adelia Sampaio Black Film Competition.
The Cineclube Maria Grampinho [Maria Grampinho Film Club] aims to be a space for screening and discussing films directed by or starring black people. Inspired by Maria da Purificação, known as Maria Grampinho, a historical figure from the city of Goiás who, despite her invisibility, carried stories and dreams with her, the Maria Grampinho Film Club was founded and is directed by Ceiça Ferreira, at the Sertão Negro Atelier and School of Arts, in Goiânia. It is in the hut in the backyard of this studio-school that monthly sessions are held and the notion of “backyard cinema” is explored, reflecting on the importance of this space so central to popular, traditional, and black cultures as a territory of affection, encounters, and learning. Dedicated to the screening and discussion of films directed by or starring black people, Cineclube Maria Grampinho is a non-profit educational space that aims to educate audiences, democratize culture, and create new narratives in Brazilian audiovisual media.
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Activation – Sertão Negro – Maria Grampinho Film Club and roundtable discussion with Ceiça Ferreira, Edileuza Penha de Souza and Mariana Campos
36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
October 25, 2025
Saturday, 3 pm
Sertão Negro’s work, 1st floor
Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion
Ibirapuera Park, gate 3
Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, s/n
São Paulo, SP
free admission