O Fio da Memória

1991 · Documentary · 115 min. · Brazil

O Fio da Memória

An essay on the imagination, cultural identity and prejudice against black people, focusing on the work of Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos, salt mine worker and semi-illiterate black artist who has built, in São Pedro d'Aldeia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Casa da Flor (House of the Flower), made of objects found in the trash.

Direction Eduardo Coutinho

Soundtrack Tim Rescala

Cinematography Adrian Cooper

Original title O Fio da Memória

Not rated (FilmAffinity)

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