Film

Nosso Sagrado

2017 · 31m · Documentary

In the First Republic (1889-1930) as well as in the Vargas Era (1930-1945) the traditional terreiro communities were criminalized, their religious leaders were persecuted and their sacred objects were seized. In Rio de Janeiro, more than 200 objects were seized by the police, and after the end of the official criminalization, they became part of the collection in the Museum of Civil Police. The documentary The Sacred within us deals with the past of persecution towards traditional terreiro communities, the "Black Magic" collection found in the Police Museum, the difficulty of access to the collection by religious, researchers and the population in general, as well as the struggle for to release the sacred objects that have been in the possession of the Civil Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro for 100 years.

Luizinha de Nanã

Self

Nathália Fernandes

Self

Mãe Meninazinha de Oxum

Self

Mam'etu Mabeji

Self

Arthur Valle

Self

Luiz Antônio Simas

Self

Juliana Aguida

Self

Pamela Oliveira

Self

Fernanda F. Pradal

Self

Mãe Flavia Pinto

Self

Ronilson Pacheco

Self

Kota N'tangu Maza

Self

Lívia Casseres

Self

Flavio Serafini

Self

Jorge Santana

Self

Mãe Beata de Iemanjá

Self (archive footage)

• Gabriel BarbosaDirector · Screenplay
• Jorge SantanaDirector · Screenplay
• Fernando SousaDirector · Screenplay
• Mariana MedeirosProducer
• Viviane TavaresProducer
• Luis Felipe MarquesDirector of Photography
• André PachecoEditor

Release date

December 11, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

Portuguese

Runtime

31m

Genres

Documentary