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NipoBrasileiros

The series proposes to rethink the concept of the professional “success” of Japanese-Brazilians in our society based on oral reports of pioneers in various fields of work, where Asian representativity remained negative for a long time and is considered minimal even today.

  • Alexandre Nakahara
    Director
    Lugares de Medo e de ódio
  • Diego da Costa
    Director
    Os Caubóis do Apocalipse
  • Pedro Tinen
    Director
  • Alexandre Nakahara
    Writer
    Lugares de Medo e de ódio
  • Diego da Costa
    Writer
    Os Caubóis do Apocalipse
  • Pedro Tinen
    Writer
  • Diego da Costa
    Producer
    Os Caubóis do Apocalipse
  • Maria Ligaya Fujita
    Key Cast
  • Edmundo Sussumu Fujita
    Key Cast
  • Leonardo Sakamoto
    Key Cast
  • Beatriz Diaféria
    Key Cast
  • Yoshi Suzuki
    Key Cast
  • Eduardo Fukushima
    Key Cast
  • Beatriz Sano
    Key Cast
  • Silvia Morimoto
    Key Cast
  • Giovanna Pezzo
    Cinematography
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    NipoBrasileiros
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    documentary, webserie
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 5, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    English, Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Seoul WebFest
    Seoul
    Korea, Republic of
    August 22, 2019
    World Première
    Award Winner: Brave New Series; Nominee Best Documentary, Editing, Screenplay
Director Biography - Alexandre Nakahara, Diego da Costa, Pedro Tinen

Diego da Costa is a sound technician, cinema and TV director and film editor. Since his graduation in Medialogy from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 2008, he has worked with direct sound in dozens of movies and series such as “Lili, a Ex” (Luis Pinheiro, O2), “Estamos Juntos” (Toni Venturi, Aurora), “Alice” (Karim Ainouz, Gullane), “Pedro e Bianca” (Cao Hamburguer, Coração da Selva) and “SuperPai” (Pedro Amorim, Querosene Filmes), for which he received the Best Sound Capture Award in the 9th Conservatory Cinemusic Festival. He also received the Best Sound Award in the Santos Short Film Festival in 2014 with the short film “Entulho” (Mabel Lopes).
In 2011, he directed the short film “Argentino” - winner of the best movie, best direction and popular jury awards in the IV Paulínia Cinema Festival. In 2016, he produced and directed the musical documentary “A Plebe é Rude”, a coproduction with Doctela and Canal Brasil.
Since 2012, Diego has been conducting audiovisual courses and workshops in places such as Sesc Campo Limpo, Sesc Ipiranga, Sesc Interlagos e Sesc Campinas, UneAfro, and Unicamp’s Art Institute.
His first fiction feature film, “Os Caubóis do Apocalipse”, 2017/2018, a totally independent production, has been exhibited and awarded in festivals, shown in commercial circuits and has been licensed by Telecine and Canal Brasil.
His current project, “Selvagem”, is a fiction feature film accepted in the 02/2016 SPCine edict, with Lucélia Santos, Rincon Sapiência e Vilma Mello as part of the cast and supported by Tintas Coral and Canon

Alexandre Nakahara is cinema and TV director and film editor. Since 2008, he has been working with documentaries and Films with journalistic content for TV and web. He directed and produced the short film documentary “Lugares e Medo e Ódio” financed by PROAC-SP of LGBTQ theme, which was exhibited in more than fifteen festivals worldwide and won an honorable mention in the Paulista Short Film Week and the Popular Jury Award in CINHOMO Festival in Valladolid, Spain.
Was co-director of two documentaries made for the Sala de Notícias program of TV Futura, including the movie “Sumô Brasileiro”. Also worked as assistant director directing in short films such as Rubens Passaro and Alan Oliveira’s “Di Melo - O Imorrível” and Lucas Ogawasara’s “A Despedida”. Amongst his other works, the creation of content, direction and editing of vídeos for clients such as SESC-SP, Folha de São Paulo e Vogue Brasil stand out.
Currently, Alexandre is pursuing a Master ́s degree in Audiovisual Means and Processes at ECA-USP, with plans to defend his dissertation during the second semester of 2019. His current research deals with the representation of Brazilian characters in Japanese movies, with central focus on Brazilian immigrants in Japan.

Pedro Tinen is a film-maker, screenwriter and programmer of audiovisuals and films. Coordinator of the Brazilian Programs of the International Short Film Festival of SP (Curta Kinoforum) and collaborator of the Mix de Diversidade and Ecofalante festivals.
Is director and screenwriter of the NipoBrasileiros (2019) series and producer of the Atadas (2016) series. Has a Master ́s degree in Multimedia from UNICAMP, was collaborator of the Great Cinema Directors ́ collection (Folha de São Paulo 2018) and is also specialist on Japanese and Asian cinema.

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Director Statement

NipoBrasileiros is a production developed on the basis of ideas of collaboration, listening and plurality of thoughts. Originally conceived by Ambassador Edmundo Fujita and executed under the coordination of Ambassadress Maria Ligaya Fujita and Professor Mônica Okamoto, the documentary emerged as an investigation on the insertion of Japanese descendants in different professional areas with emphasis on careers seen as “nontraditional” in Brazil.
From the start, we never aimed to present definitive answers on the theme; instead we wanted to point out the diversity of questions that can be raised. Based on this, we focused on listening, allowing each interviewee to feel free to share their experiences. By doing that, we could then propose a dialogue about the nikkei experiences in Brazil. We felt that the dialogue should start among ourselves and decided to choose a more collaborative direction: three directors, two of whom are of Asian ancestry.
The creation process, therefore, is part of the questioning and conversations shared by the entire team. It was necessary to rethink the pre-stablished images and molds in order to promote a dialogue about the notions of “ancestry”, “model minority”, “stereotypes” and about the Brazilian ethnic-racial configurations. However, although we aimed to discuss complex themes, our intent was always to contribute to this debate by listening to and comprehending each person ́s discourse on their individual experiences. The result is an invitation to a debate, an invitation to the sharing of these life experiences and to listening to all of them.