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direction Vânia Lima

Brazil, Mozambique, Portugal 2025 Documentary Colorido 89 min.

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Paulina Chiziane in Mozambique, Elisa Lucinda in Brazil, and Raquel Lima in Portugal have their daily lives revealed and altered in the exchange of nine letters that cross the Atlantic and its colonial history. The film presents their desires, anxieties, and struggles to continue as writers in the diaspora, in a poetic narrative of sounds, spiritualities, and bodies. Their existence challenges racism, sexism, and xenophobia, aiming at the future of the Portuguese language and its speakers.

Brazil Portugal Mozambique documentary black experience female directors female-centric

technical sheet

direction

Vânia Lima

screenplay

Vânia Lima

cinematography

Claudio Antônio

editing

Juliana Guanais

sound

Pedro Henrique Vaz Barbosa de Paiva, Gabriela Damasceno, Laura Zimmermann, Ana Luiza Penna, Haydson Albertino de Oliveira, Ivan Muniz

music

Luciano Silva, Lenna Bahule

research

Cristina Veiga

production

Keyti Souza, Taguay Tayussy

produced by

Têm Dendê Produções

distribution

Lança Filmes

galeria

horários de exibição

24/10

21:40

CINEMATECA SALA GRANDE OTELO

25/10

13:45

ESPAÇO PETROBRAS DE CINEMA SALA 2

indicative rating

General Audiences