Dea Ferraz

Mode of Production 'makes the Union of Rural Workers of Ipojuca its central character. Retirements, layoffs, labor relations and a supposed economic-social development that approaches as a distant mirage or, perhaps, ghost: the Port of Suape.

A group of men is selected in Recife to enter a hermetic room, where the director, a woman, watches and films them. A TV set takes part in the conversation, and, meticulously controlled backstage, interrupts them abruptly with several images in which women will be a permanent fixture. The director is lurking behind, listening for her character’s comments and ready to reveal to us a collection of historical symptoms. In a time of highly mediatized combat against sexism, in Brazil emerges an action movie, with lots of ammunition.

Seven lives, seven stories, one passion: Frevo. The collaborative writing of a piece which welcomes us to the world of seven great maestros of Pernambuco. Jose Menezes, Nunes, Clovis Pereira, Guedes Peixoto, Duda, Ademir Araujo and Edson Rodrigues - living legends of this rhythm that is an intangible heritage of Brazil. A journey through Frevo.