Catadores de História

Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.

Filmed as Brazil was transitioning back into a democracy after over two decades of dictatorship, ‘Mulheres: uma outra história’ focuses on various aspects of women's participation in the Brazilian political scene and features interviews with some of the 23 women newly elected to the Constituent Assembly who managed to gain the approval of some of their proposals for the Brazilian Constitution which was being written at the time. The film features appearances from suffragist Carmen Portilho, who reminds viewers about the long history of struggle for women to earn the right to vote in the country, and Jandira Feghali and Benedita da Silva who would become some of the most influential political leaders in the country’s history.

The work of several Brazilian musicians is illustrated through images from different regions of the country in various segments.

The documentary presents the saga of the construction of Brasília told by 50 women who arrived between 1956 and 1960. A new and feminine way of recovering the history of Brasília's beginnings. Times of dust and enthusiasm to contribute to the dream of JK, Niemeyer and Lucio Costa.