The Sons of Umbanda

“The Sons of Umbanda” opens up the doors of the temple and invites us to look into Umbanda religion and it’s internal aspects through the lens of its ritual chants. Filmed at the Tenda de Umbanda Estrela Matutina, in the city of Campinas (São Paulo State, Brazil), the documentary parts from interviews with the temple's Master, the local community and anthropologists, exploring the close relationship between singing as a ritualistic practice and the cosmogenesis according to the Umbandistic perspectives. The narratives brought by this film also show that the local community and their ritual chants preserve, through the mediation of music, strong elements of its own trajectory, tradition, and identity.

  • Giovanna Colussi
    Direction, Script and Research
  • Marina Pires
    Photography
  • Julia Montoro
    Photography
  • Giovanna Colussi
    Photography
  • Gui Augusta
    Finalizing
    Cisco Laboratory
  • Marina Pires
    Finalizing
  • Gui Augusta
    Sound
    Cisco Laboratory
  • Guilherme Zanchetta
    Sound
  • Giovanna Colussi
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Firma o Ponto, Filho de Fé
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Social, Cultural, Musical
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 17 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 9, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    HD (1920x1080)
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • 🏆 VI FESTIVAL BRASIL DE CINEMA INTERNACIONAL- 2020
    Limeira-SP
    Brazil
    March 15, 2020
    Best Short Documentary
  • 🌿 18o Festival de Curtas de Pinhais - 2020
    Pinhais-PR
    Brazil
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Not yet distributed.
Director Biography

Giovanna Colussi is a Music Performance graduate from State University of Campinas (Brazil), a music-religion researcher in the field of Anthropology of Religion and a debuting director in "The Sons of Umbanda".

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