Nosso Sagrado (2017)
31m
Running Time
December 11, 2017Release Date
Plot.
In the First Republic (1889-1930) as well as in the Vargas Era (1930-1945) the traditional terreiro communities were criminalized, their religious leaders were persecuted and their sacred objects were seized. In Rio de Janeiro, more than 200 objects were seized by the police, and after the end of the official criminalization, they became part of the collection in the Museum of Civil Police. The documentary The Sacred within us deals with the past of persecution towards traditional terreiro communities, the "Black Magic" collection found in the Police Museum, the difficulty of access to the collection by religious, researchers and the population in general, as well as the struggle for to release the sacred objects that have been in the possession of the Civil Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro for 100 years.
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Cast & Crew.

Luizinha de Nanã
Self

Nathália Fernandes
Self

Mãe Meninazinha de Oxum
Self

Mam'etu Mabeji
Self

Arthur Valle
Self

Luiz Antônio Simas
Self

Juliana Aguida
Self

Pamela Oliveira
Self

Fernanda F. Pradal
Self

Mãe Flavia Pinto
Self

Ronilson Pacheco
Self

Kota N'tangu Maza
Self

Lívia Casseres
Self

Flavio Serafini
Self

Jorge Santana
Self / Director / Screenplay

Mãe Beata de Iemanjá
Self (archive footage)

Luis Felipe Marques
Director of Photography

Mariana Medeiros
Producer / Assistant Director

André Pacheco
Editor

Fernando Sousa
Screenplay / Director

Vilson Almeida
Sound

Gabriel Barbosa
Director / Screenplay
