The exhibition Under the title Cinema is freedom begins today (19), in São Paulo, with the screening of 26 video clips, feature films and short films by English artist Derek Jarman.
+São Paulo in Hi-fi debuts this Thursday showing gay nightlife in São Paulo from the 60s, 70s and 80s
+São Paulo in Hi-fi debuts this Thursday showing gay nightlife in São Paulo from the 60s, 70s and 80s
The program will be on display at Cine Caixa Belas Artes, in the central region of the capital of São Paulo, until June 1st.
Homosexuality is one of the main themes portrayed by filmmaker Jarman, who died in 1994, after living with AIDS for several years. The disease is portrayed in his latest film, the feature film Blue, based on the director's own experience, represented on a strong blue screen with narration by several actors.
Jarman's best-known work, however, is the film Caravaggio, released in 1986. The life of the Italian painter who lived in the 16th century is fictionalized in a plot that also includes his sexual experiences. Both films are part of the exhibition, which will also feature lectures by professor at the University of São Paulo Cecília Mello and professor Luiz Andreghetto, from the State University of Campinas.
LGBT Pride Parade
The filmmaker's retrospective is part of a program parallel to the 20th edition of the LGBT Pride Parade, which will take to the streets on the 29th, under the theme Gender Identity Law Now! – All together against transphobia.
The show Joelma, a solo performance by actor and director Fabio Vidal, from Território Sirius Teatro de Salvador (BA), will also be shown in a short season at Caixa Cultura, in Praça da Sé, in the center of São Paulo. The play tells the story of some of the first transsexuals in Brazil, who are currently 71 years old.
The text focuses on the feeling of inadequacy of a person who believes they were born in the wrong body. From there, the story of Joelma is developed, who is born in Ipiaú, in the interior of Bahia, and goes to São Paulo. After 30 years, she returns to her city, married and transformed by sex change surgery.
