Activation – Sertão Negro – Maria Grampinho Film Club and roundtable discussion with Ceiça Ferreira

On January 10, the Cineclube Maria Grampinho [Maria Grampinho Film Club] will be will take place, followed by a roundtable discussion with Ceiça Ferreira. The last of four sessions of Cineclube Maria Grampinho, which are part of the work Sertão Negro at the 36th Bienal de São Paulo will take place from 3 pm to 5 pm at Sertão Negro’s work, on the first floor.

The activation features the screening of the short films Flora (’16, Ana Moura, 2022), Entremarés [Slack tide](’20, Anna Andrade, 2018), Vida em manifesto|Kesyde Sheilla [Life in manisfesto|Kesyde Sheilla] – episode of the webseries Diaspóricas [Diasporic]; 2nd season. (’15, Ana Clara Gomes, 2024), Alexandrina – um relâmpago [Alexandria – a flash of lightning](’11, Keila Sankofa, 2022), followed by a talk with Ceiça Ferreira.

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.

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 Souza, Renata Martins and Joyce Prado
36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
January 10, 2026
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