“We do not want to live in the past. The past that lives in us will transform this country for the better.”
Denildo “Biko” Rodrigues (day-neel-doh bee-koh rod-ree-guess), coordinator, national Quilombo Association (Conaq)
“Today we work rescuing our memory…It is all connected to our history - to return to the past, to seek our origins, to learn good things, to bring to the present and build a better future.”
Adilson Almeida (ah-deel-sun ah-may-dee-yah), Quilombo do Camorim Cultural Association
“That’s what we do here in this small corner hidden within the Amazon. Surviving so that we can obtain land titles and guarantee a piece of land for us to live on, for the future of our children.”
Claudinete Colé (claw-dee-neh-tee koh-lay), Boa Vista community leader
“It is important to stress: the fight is not just ours. Preserving the environment and our history is in everyone's interest.”
Sandra Maria da Silva Andrade (sahn-drah mahr-ee-ah dah sill-vah ahn-drah-day), leader Minas Gerais