Egili Oliveira, 42, is a confident Black Brazilian woman who is still fighting for her place in society while defending her status as a samba queen in Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Carnaval.
Egili is getting ready for the 2022 Carnaval parade in Rio de Janeiro. Alongside her samba school, "Acadêmicos de Vigário Geral", she takes part in the competition in the Sambadome arena. Her journey to maintain her place in Carnaval and in society as a Black Brazilian woman is a long and hard road - until the samba dancer transforms into the dazzling Drum Queen, the "Rainha da Bateria”.
Film facts
- Original Title
- EGILI - rainha retinta no carnaval
- Title
- EGILI – Black Queen of Carnaval
- Production
- Caroline Reucker © 2023
- Genre
- Documentary
- Duration
- 81 Min.
- Original language
- Portuguese, English
- Subtitle
- Portuguese, English, French
- Protagonist
- Egili Oliveira
- Author&Director
- Caroline Reucker
- Producer
- Caroline Reucker
- DoP
- Caroline Reucker, Antoine d'Artemare
- Editor
- Juliane Westin, Caroline Reucker
- Sounddesigner
- Bruno Armelin
- Music Composer
- Logistics
- Götz Reinicke, Jutta Linss
- Color Grading
- Tomás Magariños
- Translator
- Joao Neto
- Cover photo
- Antoine d'Artemare
- Status
- at festivals