Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us

The starting point for this film is a letter from human rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois to the American embassy in Brazil. The fact that in 1927 it was impossible for African Americans to travel to Brazil reminds us of the inequality still faced by that country’s black inhabitants.

Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us (2019, 9 minutes) is presented on e-flux Video & Film alongside Reluctantly Queer (2016, 8 minutes) as the June 2022 edition of Staff Picks, featuring filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu.

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