PROGRAM
July 1 - 31 in Brasília, São Paulo, and New York City
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In 19 years, there have been…
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Our History
Created in 2008, Festival Latinidades is the largest festival of Black women in Latin America. For nearly two decades, we have brought together thousands of people to celebrate Black excellence in the arts, knowledge, and politics, through an Afro-centered and intersectional curatorial approach.
Since its first edition, we have deeply influenced Brazilian cultural production. We were born as the first festival dedicated to Black women in the country and have since placed urgent issues at the center of our program: racism, sexism, social justice, ancestry, and equity.
Latinidades goes beyond the stage. We expand horizons and provoke futures. We have built an ecosystem where culture becomes a tool for connection, and where Black women lead with creative power, critical thinking, and living memory.
Our commitment is to symbolic and material redistribution. We generate income and visibility for artists, intellectuals, tradition bearers, communicators, and producers who have long been marginalized in the cultural scene.
The impact is tangible: we have helped establish July 25 as a landmark in the struggle of Black women in Brazil, influenced public policies, and opened paths for new languages, aesthetics, and formats in Brazilian and Latin American culture, operating year-round through the Afrolatinas Network.
Want to learn more about our journey?
Discover the publication: Festival Latinidades: Memories and Utopias of Black Women
Who are we?
A movement that expands horizons year-round
We are part of the Afrolatinas Network, a cultural organization with social impact, led by Black women and legally established in 2011. The Network was born from the mobilizing force of Festival Latinidades and, over the years, has expanded its areas of action, connecting Black women in culture across different territories of the diaspora. Afrolatinas is an ecosystem of resistance, innovation, and social transformation, continuously operating through education, political articulation, and Afro-centered knowledge production.