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TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE

Fully shot with an I-Phone 7, TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE is a film experiment about madness, loneliness and racism by way of three stories that take place during the COVID-19 pandemic. In CONFINED, a man reaches the threshold of reality while isolated in his apartment. In A DINNER, a woman seeks to alleviate the loneliness of quarantine by preparing dinner for an old "friend". In BREATH, a suffocating reality is aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Márcio (Momó) de Abreu
    Director
    Of Slaves and Saints
  • Márcio (Momó) de Abreu
    Writer
    Of Slaves and Saints
  • Márcio (Momó) de Abreu
    Producer
    Of Slaves and Saints; Capoeira: Fly Away Beetle.
  • Lula Oliveira
    Key Cast
  • Márcia Limma
    Key Cast
  • Roberto Britto
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    CONTOS DA QUARENTENA
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 28, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    1080p HD - 1920X1080
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Márcio (Momó) de Abreu

Márcio de Abreu is a Brazilian filmmaker and researcher. He has a Bachelor’s degree in History, and a Master's degree in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. He currently attends a doctoral program in Psychology. His research has focuses on Racial Representations and the Media, Race Relations, Theory of Subjectivity, Cultural Psychology, and Afro-Brazilian Cultural Heritage.

Márcio began his trajectory as a filmmaker in 2011 as an Associate Producer in the feature-length documentary CAPOEIRA: FLY AWAY BEETLE, a Silver Award winner at the Philadelphia International Film Festival and Market 2012. Since then, Márcio has worked in various documentary productions about the history and culture of peoples of African descent in Brazil. In 2014 he made his debut as a screenwriter and director with the short documentary film, OF SLAVES AND SAINTS, Best Documentary Short winner at the BlackStar Film Festival 2015, Philadelphia. His latest work includes the short experimental films CONFINED, A DINNER, and BREATH, compiled as a trilogy under the title TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE, officially selected for the Golden Short Film Festival 2020 and the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival 2020.

Márcio is the author of O Efeito Negro Encantado: Representações Étnico-Raciais na Era Obama (The Magical Negro Effect: Racial Representations in the Age of Obama), published in Brazil by Editora Devires in 2018.

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