Vida quilombola no rio Araguaia: a história da ilha de São Vicente

Abstract

The documental photographic session has the goal to give visibility to the quilombola community of the São Vicente Island located in the Araguatins County in the extreme North of the State of Tocantins. From the observation of the experience and reports of the quilombolas belonging to this group, the book narrates from their arrival to the Island, the present challenges and what they desire for the community's future. The behavior, stories and people are also acknowledged within the self taken photographies and articles that are out of the journalistic writing standard. The documental photographic session, based on the Folk Communication Theory, allowed the capture of the "characters" real moments, in which it was possible to observe and record aspects of the São Vicente Island's quilombolas' lives, such as joy, worry and hope. Moments that will be forever in memory. This piece might become a tool for the community to obtain basic citizenship rights and open spaces for debating traditional communities.