Bruna Barros
Bruna Barros is a Black sapatão artist, translator, filmmaker, writer, poet and editor. Undergraduate Student majoring in English at Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and Associate Researcher of the Research Group Traduzindo no Atlântico Negro [Translating in the Black Atlantic] (UFBA). Literature, poetry, cinema, translation and adaptation are among their main interests, both in life and in their work as a researcher. Bruna is also interested in the study of Black English – or African American Vernacular English. Concerning their work as a filmmaker, they wrote and directed the short film "Amor de Ori" (2017) and co-wrote and co-directed the short documentary "à beira do planeta mainha soprou a gente" (2020), both of which portray Black sapatão love.
