State of Affairs

In a dreamlike Afro-Diasporic odyssey, divinities, landscapes and alleys meet at the crossroads of time. With a constellation of black voices and presences, Solmatalua (which means both "sunforestmoon" as "sunkillmoon”) travels a dizzying itinerary through ancestral and contemporary territories, carrying out a mystical journey that rescues memories and searches for possible futures. The director stays clear of traditional historical reconstruction in the intuitively edited composition where images of the Black Diaspora are combined with nature sounds, religious singing, poems, popular music and the voices of Brazilians fighting against racism. The result is a poetic essay that connects us directly with a collective conscious.