No Kings, 84 minutes. Directed by: Emilia Mello
Year: 2020
Exhibited in:
CPH:DOX 2020, True/False 2021, Docpoint Helsinki 2021, MoMa Doc Fortnight 2022
Countries: Brazil, USA, Luxembourg Genre: Documentary SYNOPSIS: In a place where conventional structures of authority fall away, a tomboy, a sea captain, a fiercely independent pregnant mother, and two wayward fishermen must find their place in the space between the urban and a traditional life threatened by impending forces. An ode to nature and human relations, No Kings explores the freedom of one of the last Caiçara communities. What begins as a simple ethnography becomes a deeply personal journey, contemplating the current direction of modern Brazil.
