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As Fires Consume Brazilian Cultural Heritage, Could Cinemateca Brasileira Be Next?
With preventable fires and flooding destroying many of Brazil s cultural institutions, what s at stake for the country s most significant film and television archive?
In the midst of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil’s cultural institutions are facing an onslaught of funding cuts, closures and employee layoffs, made all the more painful by the federal government’s denial of the gravity of the health crisis and its economic fallout. Compounding this already-challenging set of circumstances is the persistent threat of irrevocable damage due to fires and flooding.
In March, a fire broke out at an art storage warehouse in São Paulo state that destroyed works belonging to Galeria Nara Roesler, including pieces by Antonio Dias, Vik Muniz and Abraham Palatnik. Other Brazilian galleries, such as Luciano Brito and Simões de Assis, used the same storage facility. This was j