Aline Baiana’s work is informed by extensive theoretical and field research on indigenous, feminist, ethnic, environmental, and social justice matters. Her films, sculptures, and installations often draw from personal and collective memories to unveil the entrenched effects of an extrativist colonial mentality ever-present in her native Brazil and most Latin America. Aline claims that "Being Latin American and, more specifically, black and Brazilian, makes any separation between art and politics impossible". From this standpoint, she often tackles pressing issues such as environmental crimes and social injustices, such as the Samarco mining waste dam collapse in 2015 , the impacts of hydroelectric power stations in riverine villages and  president Dilma Roussef's parliamentary coup in 2016. Baiana usually works closely with local communities and incorporates a plurality of visions into her practice, leading to multilayered and often poetic approaches to sociopolitical conflicts.