Author: Danilo de Athayde
Danilo Augusto de Athayde Fraga is a Brazilian writer, professor, and researcher. A PhD candidate in literary studies at the University of Porto and the Federal University of Minas Gerais, he has published dozens of texts in the fields of poetry, contemporary literature, humanism, interarts, human rights, and education, including books, academic articles, essays, interviews, and translations. His works include the essay collection Poema é isto: Primeiras considerações sobre a arte poética (This Is a Poem: First Considerations on Poetic Art) and the literary works Zumbi, Poemas, Sonhos e outros Sonos (Dreams and other sleeps), and his most recent work, Estar na grama (To Be in the Grass), in press.
Before any immediate plot, the viewer is invited to experience time, allowing images to speak before words, establishing a dialogue between the contemplative time on the screen and the subjective[…]