As mulheres negras da sedição baiana de 1798: uma análise sobre o filme 1798 Revolta dos Búzios

Abstract

This project proposes a film analysis centered on the role of Black women in the Bahian Sedition of 1798, using as its object of study the documentary 1798 Revolta dos Búzios, directed by Antonio Olavo (2018). Based on the Autos de Devassa (1798), official documents produced by the colonial government during the judicial process of the Bahian Conspiracy, the research explores the documentary’s narrative, aesthetics, and poetics. The aim is to examine the representation of the Black women Luiza Francisca, Ana Romana, Lucrécia Maria, and Damásia Maria, addressing intersectionality as an analytical lens to highlight the historical gaps and absences that have contributed to the social invisibility of these women in the memory of the Bahian Conspiracy. The research seeks to demonstrate how these omissions influenced the construction of history and left marks that still reverberate today, pointing to the consequences of excluding these women’s voices from the official narrative.