Anarkia Boladona, Fighting Sexism Through Graffiti Art

Panmela Castro, better known as Anarkia Boladona, hopes to promote feminist ideas with her work in the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

Published

3 months ago

Categories

Arts & Society, World

Topics

Arts & Culture, Women, South America

People

Panmela Castro

Places

Brazil, Rio De Janeiro

Transcript

SHOTLIST : RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, FEBRUARY 2013, SOURCE: AFPTV SOUNDBITE 1, Panmela Castro (woman), graffiti artist better known as Anarkia Boladona (Portuguese, 38 sec) "This is a place where lots of women come, they come with their children, they take classes, so we wanted to make the most of that by publishing the number 180, which is important in Brazil, it's a hotline for women affected by domestic violence, they can call 180 to speak to professionals who can help them. Lots of people don't know about it and I can think it's important, so I use graffiti as a tool to spread this number" SOUNDBITE 2, Panmela Castro (woman), graffiti artist better known as Anarkia Boladona (Portuguese, 11 sec) "People understand my message and I get a lot of personal accounts for women who say they identify with my characters' stories" -VAR of Anarkia Boladona painting a wall -VAR of wall with the slogan "To end violence aginst women, call 180" -VAR of Anarkia Boladona painting -VAR of a portrait of a woman on a wall -VAR of people passing by the work -Pan across the work -------------------------