CINEMA AND CLASSICS OF BAHIA – 2nd CYCLE OF EVENTS OF THE 2nd YEAR OF THE ICBIE PROJECT – CULTURE POINT OF RIBEIRA
For the last couple years, our Institute has functioned as the ’Culture Point of Ribeira’ (an official recognition of the Government of the State of Bahia), with quarterly cycles of events. Now, the Institute of Culture Brazil, Italy, Europe (ICBIE) has proposed another one, this time centered upon the theme, ‘Cinema and Classics of Bahia.’ The events offered many emotions, with musical exhibitions, theatrical performances, dances, and exhibitions at the Me.Pe. – Memories of the Peninsula museum (located in the institute that portrays, by means of photographic and journalistic records, the life of the itapagipano of decades ago), together with the projections of films, all with free admission.
The first event began on April 6th “History, Memory and Photography Day” with exhibitions and a wonderful history lesson with Professor Milton Moura (UFBA), and the screening of the film “Bahia de Todos os Santos” (1960), directed by Trigueirinho Neto.
On the 7th came the “Day of the Cinema,” dedicated to the director Glauber Rocha, a classic of Bahian cinema, with the film Barravento, directed by Glauber Rocha.
Sunday the 8th, was “Sport Day: Rowing and Capoeira.” During the morning, a competition with the clubs and athletes of the Bahian Rowing Championship 2018 took place in the bay in front of the Institute.
At 5 pm, the documentary “Jogo de Corpo – Capoeira and Ancestrality” of the Master of Capoeira Cobra Mansa was presented, followed by capoeira with the Unicar Cidade Baixa group (ICBIE partner group).
The following week, on the 12th, the events continued with the “Day of Plastic Arts” with Pietro Gallina (artistic director of the ICBIE) presenting the collection of the Leonardo da Vinci Library about the classics of international plastic art, in comparison with Bahia, with a focus in the Italian sculptor Pasquale de Chirico, who executed many important public sculptures in Salvador.
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On Friday, the 13th, was the “Day of Music and Dance,” presenting the film “Raul Seixas – The Beginning, the End and the Middle,” directed by Walter Carvalho. Then the audience offered a dance performance “The Popular Becomes Classic in Bahia,” with the performance of Talita Melo and Victor Vittória.
On Saturday, the 14th, we had the presentation of the ICBIE Theater and Music Piccola Cia (actors: Talita Melo, Lucas Nunes, Victor Vittória, Jean Jesus, Matheus Kawan, directed by Alex Nascimento), and the concert show “Clássico Baiano” with Géssica Lima and Marlene Rosa (vocals), Eduardo Santana (7 string guitar) and Leandro Alcântara (percussion). The event on Saturday concluded with the projection of the entertaining film “The Well Beloved.”
(Pietro Gallina, Matheus Kawan, Lucas Nunes, Jean Jesus, Talita Melo, Victor Vittória, Alex Nascimento)
(Marlene, Géssica, Leandro and Eduardo)
The closing of the festivities on Sunday 15th, with the “Day of Literature” was started at 5pm with the presentation of the Taiyo Ongakutai musical group with a repertoire full of nostalgic songs such as “Chame gente”, “Abalou” and “Afternoon in Itapõa. ”
And the “keys” of the institute were given after the presentation of the book “You Do not Nnow What Capable Is” by our great ICBIE partner Cacau Novaes, followed by a perfomance of poetry of the group “Boca de Brasa,” involving all the evening’s participants and topping off seven days of wonderful cultural exhibitions.
