DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER AND PRODUCER
15 min
Portuguese, 2025 - Brazil
SYNOPSIS
After years on the margins of a ballet company because of her skin color, a young Black dancer finally takes the lead role. As her body is exoticized for success, she must choose between pleasing and dancing in her truth.
TRAILERS & TEASERS
STILLS
POSTERS
Written and Directed by Marina Barancelli
Executive Producer: Maria Veloso
Produced by Marina Barancelli
Agrupa Cultura
Production Director: Kênia Souza
Photography: Ana Torres
Daniela Klem
Editor: Raíssa Castor
Original Score: Zak Beatz
Sound: Zak Beatz
Art Director: Giovanna Heroso
Costumes: Thay Lopes
Makeup & Hair: Kênia Coqueiro
Distributor: Jones Pictures
Carmen Ketheleen Souza
Bailarina Monique Benoski
Teacher Vida Santos
CAST
CREW
PRESS & NEWS
- Marina Barancelli’s film exposes the living colonial gaze within the structural racism of the arts.
- Agrupa Cultura prepares for the screening of the film “Rhapsody in Blue”.
- Short film Rhapsody in Blue, produced in Curitiba, addresses structural racism in the arts.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
AWARDS:
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Mostra Competitiva de Cinema Negro Adelia Sampaio 2025
Best Art Director - Giovanna Heroso
NOMINATIONS:
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Festival AfroEstima 2026
Official Selection
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Cine Tornado Festival 2026
Official Selection
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Cineclube Ibiá 2026
Official Selection
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FAMMA - Festival Audiovisual de Los Montes de Maria 2025
Official Selection
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Festival Satyrianas 2025
Official Selection
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EGBÉ - Mostra de Cinema Negro 2025
Official Selection
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Festival de Cinema de Trancoso 2025
Official Selection
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Mostra Competitiva de Cinema Negro Adelia Sampaio 2025
Official Selection
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FICCA - Festival Internacional de Cinema do Caeté 2025
Official Selection
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Mostra Elas por Trás das Câmeras
Official Selection