SISTERS WITH NO NAME

2025, video, color, sound, 20’

Commissioned by Conciliazione 5, the contemporary art space promoted by the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See
Produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film

JONATHAS DE ANDRADE

Jonathas de Andrade (1982, Brazil) uses installation, photography and video to explore the power dynamics and conflicts of Brazil, especially of its Northeast Region and Recife, where the artist lives and works, in light of the consequences that colonialism and slavery have on the country’s labor conditions and national identity.

The film stems from research conducted at the Lelio and Lisli Basso Foundation, focusing on a community of nuns who, in 1960s Brazil, wove together spirituality, political engagement and social pedagogy. Threatened by the military dictatorship, they left their vows and moved to Rome, continuing as laywomen their activities in support of the oppressed. Through their experience, the video connects the political and social movements of the period, the pedagogical thought of Paulo Freire, and the figure of Linda Bimbi—originally from Lucca, later emigrated to Brazil and then returned to Italy—who collaborated with Lelio Basso on the creation of the Russell Tribunal II on crimes committed in Latin America. With his characteristic attention to collective memory and forms of resistance, De Andrade interweaves archival materials and direct testimony, conveying the poetic and political strength of a community that—from Belo Horizonte to Rome—embodied a practice of spiritual freedom and social commitment.