BACKGROUND

Yumo Apurinã is an actor, playwright, and performer. He began his artistic journey in education in Rondônia. At 19, he moved to Rio de Janeiro to dedicate himself to the performing arts. A graduate of CAL – Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras, he develops work across theater, film, television, and performance, focusing on original creations and collaborations that bring together word, body, and ancestry as forces of resistance and memory. He is the lead actor and co-author of the play Ideas to Postpone the End of the World, inspired by the work of Ailton Krenak. His recent stage credits include As Cinzas de Mairu, Karaíba, and Voo Livre. In film and television, he has appeared in Ricos de Amor 2 and O Turista Aprendiz, as well as in the series Pablo e Luisão.

Érica de Freitas is an executive producer, screenwriter, and director. As head of Encantamento Filmes, she has produced the short films Yomared, by Mariana Yomared and Lufe Bollini, and Neguinho, by Marçal Vianna, as well as the feature films Entre Nós, Um Segredo, by Beatriz Seigner and Toumani Kouyaté, and Ioiô de Iaiá, by Paula Braun. In 2020, she directed programs for the political campaign of Benedita da Silva. She recently directed the documentary series Tem Saída? and is currently developing her first fiction feature film, Dalva-K.

Helena Vieira is a writer, playwright, and researcher. In theater, she investigates narrative forms that re-signify history and the lived experience of dissident bodies, as in Jango Jezebel: Onde Estavam as Travestis na Ditadura. She has published essays in collections such as Explosão Feminista (ed. Heloísa Buarque de Hollanda) and História do Movimento LGBT no Brasil (ed. James N. Green, Renan Quinalha, Marcio Caetano, and Marisa Fernandes). Her work moves between philosophy, gender studies, and cultural criticism, with contributions to outlets such as Cult, Harper’s Bazaar, Galileu, and Folha de S.Paulo.