ROOFS OF STORIES | HISTÓRIAS SOB TELHADOS
2016. Trailer Running Time 2:40 Minutes. Full Length Documentary Running Time 26 Minutes. A Collaborative Documentary Project.
Participation in the Project: Production, Directing and Editing.
Status: Finished. Awaiting Festival Submission. Screener Password on Request.
PACIFICATION: VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY | PACIFICAÇÃO: VOZES DA COMUNIDADE
Perspectives on pacification is a collaborative interactive documentary film project that highlights different community voices of those affected by the pacification process in Rio de Janeiro. The interviews were filmed over two months in 2015 in different communities in Rio including Vidigal, Babilônia, Rocinha and Manguinhos.
Project’s websiteto see full interviews.
2016. Running Time Trailer 2:38 Minutes.
Participation in the project: Production, Development and Cinematography.
THE RULES | AS REGRAS
Rules can be anything; laws, ideological beliefs, religious convictions, long-held customs, cultural mores, systemic practices, institutional policies, and even international human rights. With these ideas in mind, we asked people from all walks of life in Rio de Janeiro to pause, look at the camera and answer the question. If you could break the rules… what would you do?
2016. Running time: 75 minutes. A Collaborative Documentary Project.
Participation in the Project: Directing, Cinematography and Editing.
OVERNIGHT
Many constructions are replacing public areas and instead of parks, NYC invests in more buildings and condominiums. This film explores the essence of the Greenpoint Waterfront area and the overnight changes that are occurring there.
2015. Running Time 3:50 Minutes.
Directed, cinematography and edited by Lívia Sá.
THE REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED
Shot in San Francisco, Oakland and New York, this short documentary shows a general view of the movement Occupy Wall Street. From its beginning in 2011 until the May 1st of 2012. The film focuses on how the movement builds knowledge about social changes and direct actions through community organizations.
2012. Running Time 14:37 Minutes.
Directed, cinematography and edited by Lívia Sá.
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FERIDOS PELO ESTADO
In two parts, the documentary “Injured by the State” investigates what has changed and what remains the same in the relationship between the Brazilian State and the popular demonstrations between 1977 and 2017.
Documentary’s website.
2017. Part 1 Running Time 15:14 Minutes. Part 2 Running Time 14:52 Minutes.
Participation in the Project: Camera Operator.
MY EROTIC BODY
The image of sexy women writhing on a metal pole to the pulses of driving music reflects a seedy form of male entertainment. But what happens when there are no men and it is only women dancing for each other? In My Erotic Body filmmaker Michele Beck takes the audience on a journey inside the world of pole dancing for the everyday woman. In the classroom, lawyers, mothers, businesswomen and housewives of all ages and body types gyrate around the pole, lap dance and slowly strip their clothes off while the other women cheer. As the film unfolds, dance sequences are interspersed with pole dancing instruction and interviews with women who discuss their erotic dance personas, the clothes they wear and the music they dance to. Outside the studio, Beck speaks with professionals in the fields of psychoanalysis and social criticism, giving context to how the women are able to make this dance their own. My Erotic Body explores a community where women take the very aspects of a dance form associated with misogyny and turns them on their head, creating a space where the same skimpy clothes and provocative gestures lead not to objectification, but instead lead the women to own their erotic bodies.
Trailer of My Erotic Body, Documentary by Michele Beck.
2016. Running Time of the trailer 1 minute. Running Time of the documentary 56 minutes.
Participation in the project: Cinematographer.
ADRIANO KARIPUNA UN – GREENPEANCE
Short video of Adriano Karipuna at the UN, NYC, denouncing the invasions that his indigenous lands and the Karipuna people are suffering back in Rondônia, Brazil.
2018. Running Time 1:44 Minutes.
Participation in the project: Camera Operator.
Pressionado pela invasão de madeireiros, garimpeiros e pela venda de lotes dentro de sua terra já demarcada, Adriano Karipuna denunciou na ONU que centenas de hectares da Terra Indígena em Rondônia têm virado pasto, lotes para vendas e revolvidos pelo garimpo. Leia: https://act.gp/2F0U0zB
Posted by Greenpeace Brasil on Friday, April 20, 2018
VIAJARTE
Viajarte – Beyond the Stages and Beyond. Artists from the circus, music, visual and scenic arts, poetry, cinema and dance meet in a common journey: art.
2018. Running Time of the trailer 2:08 Minutes. Running Time of the documentary 1hour and 13 Minutes.
Participation in the Project: Camera Operator.
END RAPE CULTURE | FIM DA CULTURA DO ESTUPRO
On June 4th, 2016, a group of feminists got together at the Bushwick Collective Block Party in Brooklyn, New York with an action towards ending rape culture!
2016. Running Time 5:29 Minutes.
Filmed and Edited by Lívia Sá.
NOT HIM PROTEST NYC | PROTESTO ELE NÃO NYC
On September 29, 2018, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against brazilian president candidate Jair Bolsonaro.
Video of the protest that took place at Union Square, NYC.
2018. Running Time 2:50 Minutes.
Filmed and Edited by Lívia Sá.
DEFEND DEMOCRACY IN BRAZIL GOES TO SUMMERSTAGE, CENTRAL PARK, NYC
On August 6, Defend Democracy in Brazil committee went to SummerStage, Central Park in New York City, and interviewed the Brazilian musicians, Ava Rocha, Pedro Luís (Monobloco) and Arthur Pessoa (Cabruêra) about the political situation in Brazil.
2016. Running Time 6:57 Minutes.
Filmed and Edited by Lívia Sá.
[SSEX BBOX]
[SSEX BBOX] – Sexuality out of the box is a multi-media social justice project dedicated to expanding consciousness while facilitating community and education, as well as promoting social change based on human rights. The project debuted its first season of episodes in 2011, exploring sexual and gender diversity through the lens of sex-positivity in 4 primary cities: São Paulo, San Francisco, Berlin and Barcelona. Between 2011 and 2016 the videos had more than 2 million views in 143 countries. A project by Priscilla Bertucci.
2011. Running Time 14:00 Minutes.
Participation in the project: One of the Cinematographers of the first web series season (7 episodes).
THROUGH SOUND
Through Sound is a short documentary that explores the effects of sound in the human body while focusing on sound as a major tool for meditation.
In this documentary, musicians and sound professionals share their knowledge about how powerfully sound can impact individuals’ experiences with themselves and their surroundings.
Featuring: Philip Joseph and Dream Seed group members (Aj Block, Matt Canale, Brooke Hamre Gillespie, Leona Walker and Jerry Walsh).
2014. Running Time 13:02 Minutes.
Directed, cinematography and edited by Lívia Sá.
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