PRIMO DA CRUZ
Immersion in the heart of one of the biggest favela of Rio de Janeiro (Rocinha) where the world of the Art mixes with crime and religion’s one.
- Documentary DP
- Non-Fiction Film Director
- Field Producer
Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
$200 - $300 / Day
French filmmaker. After studying Mathematics in Paris, I completed a Master's degree in Political Sciences in Chile. I has directed various documentaries in different countries of the world (France, Togo, Niger, Chile, Russia, ...) which were broadcast in festival (MIDFF Doker, IFF Message to Man, ImagéSanté Festival of Liège, FIFB Montreal, Luxor African Film Festival, Festival de Cine de Bogotá ... ) and on TV channels like TV5 Monde, CineBrasil TV, Canal Futura. I have also directed children's film workshops at the Robert Lynen Cinematheque in Paris. Currently, I live between Brazil and France and I am a professor at the School of Visual Art of Parque Lage (EAV - Rio de Janeiro). At the same time, I am passionate about black and white digital photography and have set up my own laboratory where I reveal my photographs. My work has been published in POSI + TIVE Magazine.
Immersion in the heart of one of the biggest favela of Rio de Janeiro (Rocinha) where the world of the Art mixes with crime and religion’s one.
In 1917, during the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, hundreds of families, partisans of the fallen Tsar and Imperial Russia, ran away from the communism and took refuge in all Europe, and particularly in France. They are called “The Whites Russians”, in opposition to the Communist Red Army who took power. Gathered as associations, these families created youth camps in order to preserve Russian culture and orthodox faith, with the secret desire to come back to Russia and take the power back. One hundred year later, the homesickness is still alive…
An orchestra composed of Brazilian musicians, immigrants and refugees from different countries (Syria, Guinea, Iran ...) is formed, with the aim of performing in concert in São Paulo. Behind this musical harmony is revealed a plurality of stories and unique destinies, within a Brazil facing a new wave of immigration.
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