‘Right now I want to scream!’: Using participatory film with communities in Haiti and Brazil in order to expose state violence and make connections across countries

Siobhán Wills; Cahal McLaughlin

‘Right now I want to scream!’: Using participatory film with communities in Haiti and Brazil in order to expose state violence and make connections across countries

Siobhán Wills
, Cahal McLaughlin

Queens University Belfast

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Abstract

We have produced two documentary films on the use of militarized violence in policing operations against marginalized communities in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We use participatory practices as a methodology to collaborate with survivors of state violence as they tell their stories of violent raids, inadequate medical support, criminalization by the media, and exclusion by authorities in addressing the injustices inflicted by states. The connections between state violence in both countries, and working collaboratively over time with these communities, allows an investigation that offers sustainability in perspective and representation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Utopias of sustainability-The sustainability of utopias.
Subtitle of host publication	A multimodal intervention
Editors	Christine Hammerling, Alex Koensler, Marion Näser-Lather
Pages	148-168
Number of pages	21
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 1 Jun 2025

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Human rights
violence
Haiti
Brazil

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Wills, Siobhán ; McLaughlin, Cahal. / ‘Right now I want to scream!’ : Using participatory film with communities in Haiti and Brazil in order to expose state violence and make connections across countries. Utopias of sustainability-The sustainability of utopias.: A multimodal intervention. editor / Christine Hammerling ; Alex Koensler ; Marion Näser-Lather. 2025. pp. 148-168

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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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‘Right now I want to scream!’: Using participatory film with communities in Haiti and Brazil in order to expose state violence and make connections across countries

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