Brazil-France 2025 season: Joga Bonito Assia! at the Assia Djebar Library

The Assia Djebar library celebrates popular Brazil, on the occasion of the Brazil-France 2025 Season, with its Joga Bonito Assia! festival, from May 14 to 24, 2025. A committed program combining workshops, meetings, exhibitions, cinema and samba, to bring together Brazilian stories and the realities of Parisian neighborhoods.

The month of May takes on a tropical air in the 20th arrondissement of Paris! At the Assia Djebar library, Brazilian culture resonates with local realities through Joga Bonito Assia! a civic and artistic festival anchored in the Brazil-France 2025 Season, from May 14 to 24, 2025. For this second edition, the focus is on social dialogues and cross-fertilization between the working-class neighborhoods of Paris and the living territories of Brazil.

For ten days, the library is transformed into a cultural and political laboratory, where people debate, learn, create, dance and laugh together. Brazil is presented as a mirror and a source of inspiration, with committed female figures, contemporary artists, revolutionary pedagogues, as well as songs, tales and soccer. A collective, intergenerational immersion, open to all.

Are you passionate about Brazil, curious about its struggles, a fan of samba, or simply in search of inspiring human encounters? At Joga Bonito Assia! you'll find a thousand reasons to spend a few hours or several days, whether with family, friends or for a moment of personal reflection. The atmosphere is friendly, inclusive and resolutely festive, with events to suit all ages and tastes.

The Joga Bonito Assia! festival program for the Brazil-France 2025 Season:

Wednesday, May 14th

4:04pm - Djebart - Tarsila do Amaral
Creative workshop for 6-12 year-olds to imagine their neighborhood in the style of Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral.

Thursday, May 15

7pm - Ciné-club Djebarama - special Brazil
Screening of a Brazilian film followed by a discussion for adults

Friday May 16th

5:30pm - Djebar Football Club - special Brazil
Quizzes and discussions on the history of Brazilian soccer for 12-18 year-olds.

Saturday May 17th

10:30 a.m. - Les petites oreilles do Brasil
Brazilian rhymes for toddlers (0-3 years), with Liana Garcia and Filipe Dourado

16h - Ça joue bonito!
France-Brazil match in Subbuteo mode for all audiences

Wednesday, May 21st

16h04 - Ciné Pipoca!
Special Brazilian children's film club with popcorn, for 6-12 year-olds

Friday May 23rd

5:30 p.m. - Made in Djebar - Cordel de quartier
Linocut workshop to depict the neighborhood in the style of cordel literature, for 12-18 year-olds.

Saturday, May 24 - Brazil Special Day (2pm to 7pm)

2:30 pm - Workshop: Discovering Paulo Freire
Interactive workshop on the work of Brazilian pedagogue Paulo Freire, led by Ana Lúcia Souza de Freitas (ages 12 and up)

3:30 pm - Round table: Brazilian/Parisian women's paths
Inspiring encounters with Franco-Brazilian women involved in cooking, music, art and entrepreneurship (ages 12 and up).

5pm - Opening: Meet Paula Villar
Discuss the work of Brazilian artist Paula Villar and her exhibition "A look at Brazil".

6pm - Roda de Samba
Festive closing with a samba roda and an invitation to dance for all.

With Joga Bonito Assia! the library becomes a space for shared creation, the transmission of knowledge and collective celebration. It's an opportunity to plunge into a plural Brazil, at the crossroads of art, politics and intimacy, and to build bridges between the two sides of the Atlantic. Let yourself be tempted?

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