Biography Dox

Scab Vendor

Lucas de Barros, Mariana Thomé
Screening time  
27.03. / Monday, 21:00 - 23:00 Theatre 4  

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, as the son of jazz bandleader Artie Shaw and Hollywood starlet Doris Dowling, Jonathan Shaw’s teenage years were marked by rebellion against the glamorous life of his parents and extreme aversion to his mother’s alcoholism. After almost dying of a heroin overdose in his 20s, Jonathan became the go-to tattoo artist in New York City. His studio opened in 1993, four years before tattooing was legal in Manhattan. Amongst the people who visited the shop were Johnny Depp, Jim Jarmusch and Iggy Pop. Going deep into the psyche of our character, the documentary explores how a man, at the height of his career as a tattoo artist, chose to give up on his celebrity lifestyle in order to escape from his own vicious cycle.

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Lucas de Barros

Lucas de Barros is a director, producer and post-production coordinator with more than 15 years of experience in digital environment, having worked in various places of the world - from Argentina to UK going through the Amazon Rain Forest in many projects and under different roles. He is moved by adventure and a passion for technology. He is the director of The Sound of Chamamé (2015), Nham-Nham, The Creature (2015), That Mixture (2019, Doc), Olivia Went to the Moon (2021).

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Mariana Thomé

Born in Brazil, Mariana Thomé graduated from the New York Film Academy with a Bachelor’s Degree in Filmmaking. Her feature documentary, Scab Vendor, is represented by Mediawan and features Iggy Pop, Jim Jarmusch and Johnny Depp. As Creative Director for the collective MARACA, from Venice Beach, Mariana developed and supervised multiple creative content projects. Currently, she is developing TV series for Conspiração Filmes and Latina Estúdio, as well as her own horror independent series with Jotagá Crema (3%). Awarded with the Catarinense Film Prize for Development in 2019 and 2020, official selection of the BLOOD WINDOW Lab 2020 and official selection for the TorinoFilmLab in 2020 and 2021 and SeriesMania Writers’ Campus 2022. Mariana is one of the talents of the prestigious Projeto Paradiso, an initiative of the Olga Rabinovich Institute that provides high–value support mechanisms for Brazilian talents in the audiovisual sector.

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Scab Vendor

Brazil, USA
2022, 90'

Directed by:
Lucas de Barros, Mariana Thomé

Screenplay by:
Lucas de Barros, Mariana Thomé

Cinematography:
Lucas de Barros, Mariana Thomé

Edited by:
Lucas de Barros, Mariana Thomé

Producers:
Sebastian Arrechedera, Lucas de Barros, Marianna Thomé, Juan Bernardo, Arturo Pereyra

Produced by:
WHISKY, Rainbow Lobster

Festivals & Awards:

Warsaw IFF (2022)