O protagonismo negro enfim faz sucesso: a autorrepresentação em Medida Provisória e Marte Um

This study points out an unprecedented media event: in 2022, two films directed and acted by Black individuals reached the mainstream. Executive Order by Lázaro Ramos, with 500,000 viewers and Mars One by Gabriel Martins, the Brazilian nominee for the Oscars. These works, differing in aesthetics and objectives, pointed to paths, constructing counter-hegemonic visualities regarding the Black and poor populations of Brazil and engaged with the public and critics. By briefly examining the Black presence in Brazilian cinema and the diverse experiences of its creators, we highlight how the construction of these films establishes, whether in form of dystopia or everyday life, other places, and images in a political gesture of rejecting violence.