2022 | Brazil | Installation

Dagmar, Daughter of Clay

  • Portuguese Portuguese 21 mins
  • Director | Rodriguez Remor
  • Writer | Denis Rodriguez and Leonardo Remor​
  • Producer | Denis Rodriguez and Leonardo Remor​

STATUS: Released

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Follow the daily life of the Bahian artist Dagmar Muniz de Oliveira, which manufactures the largest ceramic vases in Brazil. An audiovisual research on the strength of matriarchy in the fight for survival and maintenance of ancestral traditions, intersecting with the stages of ceramic production: the search for clay at the mouth of the Jequitinhonha, the drying and preparation of the clay, the modeling of the pieces in the family , the lining of the pots and the unique firing in a caieiras oven.

ceramic art traditional craftsmanship clay harvesting pottery Ceramic