Nosso Sagrado

Overview

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.

Directed by Gabriel Barbosa, Jorge Santana, Fernando Sousa

Top cast

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Luizinha de Nanã

Self

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Nathália Fernandes

Self

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Mãe Meninazinha de Oxum

Self

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Mam'etu Mabeji

Self

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Arthur Valle

Self

Luiz Antônio Simas

Self

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Juliana Aguida

Self

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Pamela Oliveira

Self

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Fernanda F. Pradal

Self

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Mãe Flavia Pinto

Self

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Ronilson Pacheco

Self

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Kota N'tangu Maza

Self

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Lívia Casseres

Self

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Flavio Serafini

Self

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Jorge Santana

Self

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Mãe Beata de Iemanjá

Self (archive footage)

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