Resumo:
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.
