Lute como uma funkeira: uma revolução feminista se faz com o funk

Abstract

This experimental project has as a general objective to discuss and problematize issues of empowerment, representation and machismo in the funk music rhythm, from the reports of women. In this context, the specific objectives are to produce a documentary film considering its stages: pre-production, production and post production, interview women directly related to funk, that represent the entire southern region of Brazil, for the production of the film from questions built from theoretical contributions, and finally, perform a literature review, as well as reflection and description of theoretical contributions on the identification of women in the funk movement. This documentary proposes, by means of interviews with eight women, among them dancers, DJs, feminist researchers and common listeners, to show that funk can be empowering and liberating when it comes to women's bodies and sexuality. To theoretically ground this work, concepts of image culture, social representation, documentary filmmaking, and feminism were treated. As a result, a 13-minute short film was made, having as main protagonists the dancer Larissa Martiniano, the psychologist Mariana Datria, the researcher Andreza Cerqueira, the DJ Lirous K'yo, the Environmental Engineering students Larissa Flores and Camila de Carli, the event producer Lailah Falcão, and, finally, the designer Iana Rocha. With the end of the filming, it was possible to identify that the cut-off of race, gender, and social class are inseparable from the definitions of "being a woman"; in this way, each woman, be she cisgender or transgender, has different opinions. Thus, the collective response is that funk is sexist, just like all other musical genres, and despite this it can be empowering if it is made by a woman who addresses (positive) issues of sexuality and the female body. Finally, we note the difficulty of finding female funk enunciatory present in South Region of Brazil, be they MC's and DJ's.