Re Imaging Brazil
SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
Youth Media has been proven to highlight the problems of the world through the eyes of the next generation that will run it. Re Imaging Brazil is a social experiment to allow Brazil's youth to Re Imagine Brazil from what they see today. This experiment will explore the reality of race in their country Participants will be both white and black, poor and/or rich, girls and boys, and have the chance to create something meaningful, and important in order to gain awareness and dialogue with an audience and their peers who are Brazil's next leaders.
PARTICIPANTS
Teens from age 12-18 will be selected from an affluent school in Rio Brazil and a school with predominately Afro Brazilian students, to participate in a social experiment on the Re Imaging of Brazil through daily life and new experiences.
SHOOT
Students will be given equipment to shoot and produce a short film about the Re Imaging of Brazil through new experiences and how they want to see Brazil in the years to come
FORUM
Participants will screen their films to their peers to create a safe place for discussion on Re Imaging Brazil from present day.
Black in Brazil
More Than 50% of the population identify as Afro Brazilian
Nearly 80% of the 10% lowest income in the country are Black Brazilians
Afro-Brazilians on average make 57% less than white brazilians
Black Brazilians makeup over 60% of the prison population
Over 60% of domestic workers are black
Over 55% of Congress is white Brazilian
71 out of 100 men killed in Brazil are black
A black person is murdered in Brazil every 23 minutes
78 % of Afro Brazilians live below the poverty line
Who am I and Why Brazil?
About Me
Why Brazil?
My name is Clarissa Gordon and I am a third semester graduate student at The New School. I graduated from Global College in 2016 with a Bachelor of the Arts in Global Studies and went on to work with visual artist who’s work embodies different social justice issues. I currently am studying and am interested in rights and development as well as media and culture. I hope to one day connect policy, development, and rights, with the arts in hopes of creating long lasting change in our communities with people who feel empowered and are ready to share their stories, making the road to equality more smooth.
I chose to focus on Brazil because of such a large connection to the American racial inequality. Brazil stands out in the world. With more than 50% of their population identifying as Afro-Brazilians, the country has a myth of racial democracy and does not represent the majority of its people. The country’s legacy of slavery has put it at No.2, in the world, for having the most Africans in the world, behind Nigeria. With that being said, Brazil can not be understood without first understanding the presence and history of Afro-Brazilians and focusing on the apparent issue of race inequality that slavery has left on the nation.
Partners
I am looking to find local partners in Brazil who would like to endorse and conduct this social experiment!
Please Contact me below!