Priscilla Brasil

Priscilla Brasil has directed films since 2003, when she debuted with the short The Chosen Ones of God. In 2006 she directed her first feature documentary, Chiquita's Daughters, about the conflict between the sacred and the profane at the Círio de Nazaré procession, commercially distributed in Brazil and screened in over 30 countries. She followed with Serra Pelada, Hope Is Not a Dream, about the mining community left behind at the former Serra Pelada gold rush, and the mid length film Salvaterra, Land of Black People. She also directed music videos such as Japan Pop Show, for Curumin, and Xirley, for Gaby Amarantos, along with the concert documentary Gaby, Live in Jurunas. Returning to author driven documentary, she directed Paysandu, 100 Years of Payxão, in 2015, In the Emptiness of Air, in 2022, and There Will Be No More History Without Us, in 2024, a film shaped as a manifesto on colonialism, racism and the historical exploitation of the Amazon, awarded Best Feature Documentary at the Bali International Film Festival and screened at festivals in Portugal. She is currently developing the features The Immigrant Mall and Crime Scene, along with the series Occupied Amazon, about the region's occupation throughout the twentieth century. Her cinema is built on the conviction that the Amazon demands a filmmaking language of its own, one still being invented.