Cinema – Stream of Images/Imaginaries – What Remains of Us and talk with Aude Christel Mgba, Baff Akoto, Juliana Teixeira, Luli Morante and Rafael Amorim

On October 19, Sunday, a screening of the second bloc of the film program Stream of Images/Imaginaries and a conversation between Aude Christel Mgba, Baff Akoto, Juliana Teixeira, Luli Morante, and Rafael Amorim will take place. The event will take place from 3pm to 5pm at the Auditorium in the third floor.

Stream of Images/Imaginaries, the film program of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, highlights connections between Brazil, the Caribbean, and West Africa, bringing together the richness of Brazilian and French cultures in a program of films and related activities, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Guimarães Rosa Institute, the French Embassy in Brazil, and the Institut français, as part of the France-Brazil Season. The program draws on the historical ties and strong transcontinental relationship and mutual influence between Brazil, the French Caribbean, and West African countries to establish dialogues between contemporary works from the African continent and historical works from the Cinémathèque Afrique collection, as well as films and videos by historical and contemporary artists from Brazil and the French Caribbean. The screenings will be accompanied by conversations with artists, lectures, and performances.

Each block of the program unfolds into a specific theme that will be explored throughout the Bienal, inviting the public to immerse themselves in its curatorial proposals. The block shown on October 19 is entitled What Remains of Us. It Investigates how marginalized communities reinvent and transform themselves through time, creating daily gestures and rituals from remnants of history. Rather than dwelling on loss, these films celebrate voices and practices that resist erasure, embodying reinvention, empathy, and persistence against structural violence. Includes the following films: Ici s’achève le monde connu [Here Ends the World We’ve Known] (16’, Anne-Sophie Nanki, 2022), Geruzinho (15’, Juliana Teixeira, Luli Morante, Rafael Amorim, 2022), Les Escuelles (11’, Idrissa Ouedraogo, 1983), A Lesson in History (5’, Maybelle Peters, 1990) and Leave the Edges (40’, Baff Akoto, Ghana/UK, 2020).

Aude Christel Mgba is an independent curator and art historian based between Cameroon and the Netherlands. Mgba explores decoloniality through research projects and building platforms that aim to transcribe, translate, and embody knowledge.  Among many other projects, she was assistant curator for the 4th edition of the triennial SUD (Salon Urbain de Douala, 2017), co-curator of Sonsbeek 20->24 (2019-2022), co-curator of the Hartwig Art Foundation Special Project (2020-2021), curator of the Curated section of Art X Lagos (2021), and curator of the Prix Région Sud in Marseille (2022). Mgba was artistic director and curator of the Luleåbiennialen 2024 in Norrbotten, Sweden. She currently holds the position of Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle and is advisor for the Africa Kadist Collection.

Born in London and raised in Accra, Baff Akoto‘s practice encompasses still and moving images, digital technologies, performance and printmaking. His work embraces the fluidity of contemporary visual grammar and explores plurality, (self) perceptions and the societal implications of human bodily movement – ritual, ableism. A key aspect of Akoto’s practice explores how emerging technology and digital mediums can enfranchise communities and non-traditional art audiences while avoiding the same prejudices, exclusions and inequalities which arose from our industrial and colonial eras.

Juliana Teixeira is a communicator, researcher, and documentary filmmaker. She co-directed the films Geruzinho (2022), Ruína [Ruins](2020), Cartas: substantivos [Letters: nouns](2020), Entrada de Cor [Color input](2019), and Na Sala de Parto [In the delivery room](2017). Her research focuses on investigating the territories of quilombos and the processes of image and identity construction in the context of Brazilian Black Cinema.

Luli Morante is an Ecuadorian indigenous immigrant who has lived in Brazil for 20 years, currently residing in Aracaju, Sergipe. Her research combines image, behavior, and ancestry, exploring the encounter between languages as a gesture of listening and coexistence. She works as a director, screenwriter, and cinematographer in cinema and signs creative projects for global brands, driven by the idea of humanity as a living and shared practice.

Rafael Amorim is creative director at FRONT CREATORS, journalist, documentary filmmaker, and cultural producer. He co-directed the films Geruzinho (2022), Ruína [Ruin](2020), Cartas: substantivos [Letters: noun](2020), Entrada de Cor [Color input](2019), and Na Sala de Parto [In the delivery room](2017). He is the author of the books Vermelho [Red](2017) and Do Lado Que Me Vejo Só [On The Side Where I See Myself Alone](2018). He develops hybrid projects involving audiovisual, design, and photography focused on music, fashion, and digital media.

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Cinema – Stream of Images/Imaginaries – What Remains of Us and conversation between Aude Christel Mgba, Baff Akoto, Juliana Teixeira, Luli Morante, and Rafael Amorim
36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
October 19, 2025
Sunday, 3 pm
Auditorium
Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion
Ibirapuera Park, gate 3
Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, s/n
São Paulo, SP
free admission