This Thursday (21), the Fala! Festival returns to the Cais do Sertão Cultural Center, in Recife (PE), for its 4th edition, focusing on the dialogue between communication, culture and journalism. The event continues until Saturday (23) and features debate tables and workshops with local references in the three areas.
At its opening, a tribute will be paid to the Pernambuco poet Miró da Muribeca, who died in 2022. From 6:30 pm this Thursday, several artists and personalities such as the singer Isaar, the writer Odailta Alves, the illustrator Flavão and the entrepreneur Rosa Maria, owner from the Hotel Central, they will join journalist Pedro Lins to discuss Miró’s work. The night will end with a performance by Afoxé Omô Nilé Ogunjá.
Instituto Fala, a non-profit organization, is the host of this festival, which aims to promote cause-based journalism and create a space for meaningful discussions. The Festival Speaks! It is an opportunity to discuss the future of journalism and celebrate cultural diversity and popular knowledge.
Registration for the Fala! Festival They are free and can be done on the Sympla platform (CLICK HERE).
Check out the full schedule:
21/09 | Thursday
5:30 pm – ACCREDITATION
6:30 pm – ARTISTIC INTERVENTION – Isaar
6:45 pm – OPENING
7:00 pm – OPENING TABLE – “News from a black and peripheral poetics: a tribute to Miró da Muribeca”
8:30 pm – ARTISTIC INTERVENTION – Afoxé Omô Nilê Ogunjá
22/09 | Friday
10:00 am – ARTISTIC INTERVENTION – Siba Puri
10:15 am – TABLE – “Communication and ancestry: memory and language for transformation”
11:45 am – OPPORTUNITIES SESSION – Pulitzer Center
2:00 pm – WORKSHOP – “Visual stories: communication in movement”
2:00 pm – WORKSHOP – “Journalism and other forms of storytelling”
3:45 pm – ARTISTIC INTERVENTION – Bione
4:00 pm – TABLE 2 – “Climate impacts: environment and right to life on the agenda”
5:45 pm – CONVERSATION ROUND – “Identity or Structural Issues? What cause journalism can do”
7:30 pm – ARTISTIC INTERVENTION – MCs Day
23/09 | Saturday
10:00 am – ARTISTIC INTERVENTION – Orun
10:15 am – TABLE – “Territory as a means and message of positioned communication”
11:45 am – OPPORTUNITIES SESSION – Google
2:00 pm – WORKSHOP – “Money and affection”
2:00 pm – CONVERSATION ROUND – “Media Education: ways to combat misinformation and hate speech”
3:45 pm – ARTISTIC INTERVENTION – Manifesto of Popular Culture
4:00 pm – TABLE – “Journalism for causes and the tripod of power: Politics, Economy and Justice”
5:30 pm – CLOSING
6:00 pm – ARTISTIC INTERVENTION – Sound in Rural with Mother Beth de Oxum and Rayssa Dias
Source: BdF Pernambuco
Editing: Helena Dias
