Elisa Herrmann Videos

How about celebrating that "Undocumented: A Dream of Education" has been selected to be part of the "I, Immigrant Film Festival" and will be screened on October 28, 2022, in Burbank, California, with the release of its trailer? Enjoy! Que tal comemorar a seleção do filme "Undocumented: A Dream of Education" para o "I, Immigrant Film Festival", que será exibido no dia 28 de Outubro em Burbank, California, com a estreia do trailer do filme? Aproveitem!

Em 17 de julho de 1975 nevou em Curitiba. Meus pais pegaram sua câmera super 8mm e saíram para filmar o evento raro na cidade. Durante a pandemia, entrevistei meus pais via Zoom e fiz um pequeno filme para recordar desse dia que vive na memória dos Curitibanos. O documentário "A Neve the Curitiba" já foi exibido em diversos festivais do Brasil e do mundo e foi indicado a melhor documentário de curta-metragem no Brazil New Visions Film Festival. The last time it snowed in Curitiba, Brazil was on July 17, 1975. My dad took his Super 8mm camera and recorded the special occasion. Forty-five years later, those films were recovered. The documentary "The Snowstorm of 1975" has been screened worldwide and nominated for best documentary short at the Brazil New Visions Film Festival. Click on the YouTube link below to watch the film with English subtitles. https://youtu.be/bPzNkKrw1Ao

Umbanda: Offerings of Faith - TEASER
Join us on Friday, November 19 at 7PM and Saturday, November 20 at 2PM for The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston screenings of my film, Umbanda: Offerings of Faith. I will be introducing and discussing the film at both screenings and would love to see you there. Following the matinee on Saturday, November 20, audience members are also invited to tour the fascinating exhibition Afro-Atlantic Histories, originally presented at MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand. More information on the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition here: https://www.mfah.org/exhibitions/afro-atlantic-histories This feature-length documentary examines the history of this syncretic religion, founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1908 by Zélio Fernandino de Moraes. The film features interviews with followers of Umbanda, scenes of their practices and rituals, and historical exposition of the roots of the faith, making connections to the influences of African, European, and Indigenous beliefs. In addition to Umbanda priests, priestesses, and initiates, the film includes interviews with scholars in the fields of anthropology, sociology, and languages whose research focuses on mythology and religions of African origin. Here’s the link to the film on the museum’s website, where you can find more information and purchase tickets: https://www.mfah.org/calendar/umbanda-offerings-faith Thank you to the Consulado-Geral do Brasil em Houston / Consulate Gen of Brazil in Houston of Brazil in Houston, who is sponsoring tickets for the Sam Houston State University community. More on how to reserve your tickets soon!

A Neve de Curitiba
Há exatamente 46 anos atrás nevou em Curitiba. Meus pais pegaram sua câmera super 8mm e saíram para filmar o evento raro na cidade. Durante a pandemia, entrevistei meus pais via Zoom e fiz um pequeno filme para recordar desse dia que vive na memória dos Curitibanos. The last time it snowed in Curitiba, Brazil was on July 17, 1975. My dad took his Super 8mm camera and recorded the special occasion. Forty-five years later, those films were recovered. This is a short pandemic documentary dedicated to my parents, as they reminisce about that snow day, and dedicated to the loving memory of my aunt Cecília. To watch the film with English subtitles, click on the YouTube link below. https://youtu.be/bPzNkKrw1Ao