The documentary “Pagliacci” celebrates – in a poetic way – what it means to be a clown. The film addresses philosophical and symbolic questions about man’s need to laugh at himself. In a sensorial and emotional mix, the film starts from what is most human and true: laughter.

Pagliacci

www.saberestradacionais.org  Transversal Education in Traditional Knowledge UFMG  filmed in Spring 2018  Makota Valdina  Terreiro Nzo Onimboya, Salvador  Educator, community and religious leader, activist for religious freedom and spokesperson for African-based religions, women's rights and black populations.  Course:  Arts and Crafts of Traditional Knowledge: Land Policies  In the second half of 2018, we received Makota Valdina as a professor of the Earth Policies course. We expected her to come back in 2019 to call the bush back. When visiting the forest of Estação Ecológica (Ecological Park), she appears again in the images with her teachings and songs. This was the last time that she was filmed in life.