Imagine living in a dystopian future, where society lives in the shadow of conservative actions. At that moment, the Brazilian government imposes a provisional measure, ordering that all Afro-descendant citizens be immediately sent to Africa, as a way of making these people return to their origins.
This is the plot of the film Medida Provisória, recently released in theaters. With a script adapted by Lázaro Ramos, Luisa Silvestre and Elísio Lopes Jr., the story is based on the play Namíbia, Não!, by Aldri Anunciação, and portrays, in provocative and intense situations, the strength and struggle of the Brazilian black population to recover their rights.
Black representation and social debate
In the film, for the government's plan to be successful, the measure south africa mobile database needs to be implemented immediately, so that people are caught off guard and have no choice but to comply with the order. However, the police do not have the power to invade homes and it is precisely at this moment that the characters Antônio (Alfred Enoch) and André (Seu Jorge) refuse to leave an apartment, starting the tense scenes and paving the way for social and racial issues to be explored.
In the film, black people are referred to as people with “heavy melanin” and suffer from racism practiced by society. It is possible to see that the black characters use acidic and ironic humor when referring to the problematic discourse given by the government; however, as the film’s pace intensifies, the jokes give way to the fight for one’s own survival. The MPV is approved by Congress, and all black people end up being deported from the country.
Another interesting portrayal is presented by the character Capitu (Taís Araújo). She ends up hiding in an Afrobunker, the name adopted for quilombos, communities formed by runaway slaves, which ended up becoming centers of resistance. It is worth noting that, as of the 1988 Federal Constitution, as set out in article 68, the remaining lands of quilombola communities in Brazil were recognized, in addition to articles 215 and 216, which guarantee the full exercise of cultural and social rights and access to sources of national culture, as well as support and encouragement for the appreciation and dissemination of cultural expressions.