Gabriela Da Cunha

Gabriela Da Cunha is an actress, director, and researcher. For the past five years, Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha has been developing "Riverbank Project: About Rivers, Buiúnas, and Fireflies”—an art research project dedicated to sharing the testimony of disasters that Brazilian rivers incur. The first stage focused on the Araguaia River and the women who fought in the Araguaia Guerrilla Group. "Altamira 2042,” which premiered in 2019, is the second stage of the project. Presented in Basel in the framework of CULTURESCAPES 2021 Amazonia, it has been created from the testimony of the Rio Xingu, one of the great tributaries of the River Amazon, and the Belo Monte dam, which massively threatens rainforest areas and Indigenous groups along this river's banks. Gabriela's research gave rise to an activist network between women, rivers, and art, the Rede Buiúnas. Together with her partner Eryk Rocha, they produce films. In her theater and film career, she worked with directors such as Ariane Mnouchkine, Georgette Fadel, Cibele Forjaz, Grace Passô, Eryk Rocha, and Heitor Dhalia.