Global dancefloor: Salvador

The Documentary Podcast

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Brazil has one of the highest rates of trans and gender-diverse homicides in the world, and almost three-quarters of people killed each year are either black or mixed race. Many think the country's conservative and populist class explicitly targets Afro-Brazilians, whose voices are under-represented in politics and culture, despite making up more than half of the country's population. Frank McWeeny heads to Salvador to meet the queer and PoC collective Batekoo, who are changing perceptions by advocating for freedom of self-expression through music, dance, education and community politics.

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0:00.0	It's 5.30pm in the port city of Salvador and I'm right on the edge of the docks facing
0:08.9	the Bay of all Saints, watching the sun go down behind the mountains in the distance.
0:13.7	It is a stunning sight.
0:16.5	On my left I can see fairies.
0:18.6	In front of me is where the cruise ships stop and I can see one coming in just now and
0:23.0	on my right I'm looking at half a dozen container cranes loading commercial ships.
0:27.9	This is the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:31.0	Global Dancefloor Episode 2, Salvador, Brazil.
0:34.9	Batchicle for me is more than a party, you know.
0:42.8	It's a movement, it's the future of the Black people.
0:45.5	There are a lot of young people that don't have the place to be themselves come here and
0:49.7	wear the clothes that they want to wear, people they want to keep.
0:52.3	Batchicle chance my life.
0:55.1	I'm Frank McQueenie and I'm walking into Dockle 1, a multipurpose event space currently
0:59.4	occupied by the cultural platform and party collective Batchicle.
1:03.4	It's their summer house known as Casa Batchicle.
1:06.2	They've been camped here for the last two months, running classes and workshops selling
1:10.1	Batchicle branded streetwear and of course putting on their particular brand of colourful
1:15.2	parties, celebrating their black and queer heritage with all kinds of artists and performers.
1:20.8	This is their last week here and naturally they're leaving in style by throwing that last
1:25.1	party of the season.
1:26.6	The sound check is just about to start.
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