Conceição Evaristo

Acting

Conceição Evaristo

Born

1946-11-29 (79)

Place of birth

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

15 titles

Maria da Conceição Evaristo de Brito (Belo Horizonte, November 29, 1946) is a Brazilian linguist and writer. She had a prolific career as a university researcher and professor. She is one of the most influential literary figures of the postmodernist movement in Brazil, writing in the genres of poetry, the novel, the short story, and the essay. Her works address themes such as racism, social inequality, identity, memory, and—above all—the lived experiences of Black women, employing comparative literature to gain a critical perspective on these subjects.

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Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Tributo: Léa Garcia poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tributo: Léa Garcia

2023

Cadernos Negros poster
NR

In 1978, young Black people gathered at CECAN in São Paulo and created Cadernos Negros. The publication has featured over 300 authors. In 1980, the group formed the Quilombhoje collective. Since then, the series has alternated between poetry and short stories, expanding the visibility of Black Brazilian literature.

Cadernos Negros

2025

If I Were Alive poster
5.0

Gilberto and Jacira promised to grow old together – for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. Till death them do part.

If I Were Alive

2026

My Time Is Now poster
NR

Filmmaker Sandra Werneck interviews remarkable women such as Marieta Severo, Zezé Motta, Margareth Dalcolmo, Conceição Evaristo, Denise Werneck, and Iole de Freitas for a journey of shared experiences that challenge stereotypes of female aging. From work to love life, from health to sexuality, these women share their stories, reflections, and life lessons, offering inspiration and raising questions about what truly matters when one reaches maturity, while also highlighting the hardships and misfortunes of aging.

My Time Is Now

2025

Executive Order poster
6.9

In a dystopian future, the Brazilian government decrees a measure that forces black citizens to migrate to Africa in an attempt to return to their origins. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.

Executive Order

2022

Sobre Nós poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sobre Nós

2021

Escrevivência e Resistência: Maria Firmina dos Reis e Conceição Evaristo poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Escrevivência e Resistência: Maria Firmina dos Reis e Conceição Evaristo

2021

A Escrita Delas poster
NR

Documentary investigates female authorship in literature and whether writing can be defined by gender.

A Escrita Delas

2025

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade poster
NR

Through clippings, the film draws a narrative line between the construction of racism in Brazil and the United States, having as base the European invasion of the continent, police violence, the genocide of the black people, the massacre of indigenous peoples, religious violence, the criminalization of funk music, structural racism in art and education, the importance of quota policy and the need urgent historical repair as a commitment by the Brazilian state to the black people.

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

2020

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