Dan Alves

has a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In his professional career, he has accumulated experience in cultural coverage and documentary filmmaking, exploring narratives about art, identity and territory.

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Neither here nor there

Brazilian migrant slavery in Portugal

João Cabral de Melo Neto’s 1955 verse drama ‘Death and Life of Severino’ accompanies Brazilian migrants in Portugal. Having fled violent crime, they seek freedom yet commonly find a life of servitude and institutional violence, where only art provides solace from poverty and hunger.