Private Project

Nine waters

In 1930, Marcos and his family (descendants of slaves) left the Jequitinhonha Valley for the Mucuri Valley - Brazil. Fleeing from the drought, hunger and violence in the countryside, the "quilombolas*" sought a new territory to build their community. When everything seems to be in peace, a huge construction company wants to build a dam in Marques' territory. From the time of the its foudantion to the present, the story of land struggle carried out by slaves descendants of Quilombo** Marques, in the Mucuri Valley, in Minas Gerais.

*A "quilombola" is a person who lives in a "quilombo**", wich are villages founded slaves who faced slavery and achieved freedom through struggle. Today in Brazil there are 1,838 "quilombos" certified by the federal government.

  • Gabriel Martins
    Director
  • Quilombo dos Marques
    Director
  • Gabriel Martins
    Writer
  • Quilombo dos Marques
    Writer
  • Cardes Monção Amâncio
    Producer
  • FAbiana Leite
    Producer
  • Paula Kimo
    Producer
  • William de Souza Franco
    Producer
  • Moradores do Quilombo dos Marques
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Nove águas
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 30, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    12,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 30th São Paulo International Short Film Festival 2019
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    August 23, 2019
  • 21º FestCurtasBH - Festival internacional de Curtas de BH
    Belo Horizonte
    Brazil
    September 2, 2019
  • Encontro Zózimo Bulbul 2019
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    October 23, 2019
  • Mostra Sesc / Regional MG
    Belo Horizonte
    Brazil
    October 20, 2019
  • 12ª MOSCA - Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquir
    Cambuquira
    Brazil
    July 10, 2019
  • 6º Festival de Cinema de Caratinga
    Caratinga
    Brazil
    July 26, 2019
  • Festival de Cinema de Alter do Chão
    Alter do Chão
    Brazil
    October 21, 2019
  • 29º Festival Curta Cinema 2019 - Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    October 30, 2019
  • VI SEMINÁRIO DE PESQUISA EM ARTES, CULTURA E LINGUAGENS UFJF
    Juiz de Fora
    Brazil
    November 25, 2019
  • CINE AGROECOLOGIA - Agro Centro-Oeste
    Goiânia
    Brazil
    May 15, 2019
Director Biography - Gabriel Martins, Quilombo dos Marques

Gabriel MARTINS ALVES (Brazil) graduated in Filmmaking from the Centro Universitário UNA in Belo Horizonte. Besides making short films, he has been writing for the electronic magazine Filmes Polvo since 2007. In 2009 Martins started up the production company Filmes de Plástico, together with André Novais Oliveira and Maurílio Martins. With Maurílio he directed Contagem/The Inside (2010). The short was awarded at several international film festivals. The co-directorship from Maurílio and Gabriel Martins, No coração do mundo/Heart of the World has its world premiere at IFFR 2019.
Filmography

(selection) 4 passos (2005, short), Más notícias para franco (2006, short), O choque (2007, short), Beatriz (2008, short), Filme de sábado (2009, short), No final do mundo (2009, short), Pelos de cachorro (2010, short), Contagem (2010, short), Doña Sonia Borrowed a Gun From Her Neighbor Alcides (2011, short), Rapsódia para o Homem Negro (2015, short), No coração do mundo/Heart of the World (2019, co-dir)

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