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Lesbianism Feminism · 1974Lesbianism Feminism
★ 10.01974
MovieDocumentary
Se O Rei Zulu Já Não Pode Andar Nu · 1987Se O Rei Zulu Já Não Pode Andar Nu
★ 10.01987
MovieDocumentary
Video documentary on prejudice against black people in Brazil, featuring statements and interviews about racist episodes, and a poll on the importance of Benedita da Silva’s presence in the Constituent Assembly. Footage of the South African bishop Desmond Tutu’s visit to Rio de Janeiro, at a time when Apartheid was still in effect in his country and Nelson Mandela was in prison.
Hunting Season · 1988Hunting Season
★ 5.21988
MovieDocumentary
Hunting Season deals with the wave of homosexual murders that plagued São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s. With street statements and cultural and artistic figures such, such as Zé Celso, Jorge Mautner, Roberto Piva and others.
Tamed · 2011Tamed
★ 5.02011
MovieDrama
Based on the installation Santa Paz Domestica, Domesticada by Ana Vieira (1977) and excerpts from the September 22nd, 1956 issue of the magazine O Cruzeiro.
Rita Moreira: Crônicas, Memórias e Videotape · 2026Rita Moreira: Crônicas, Memórias e Videotape
2026
MovieDocumentary
Drawing on the idea that memory is an editing room, veteran lesbian filmmaker Rita Moreira revisits her trajectory through her films. Moving between images of 1970s New York—where she self-exiled during Brazil’s military dictatorship—and more recent works from the late 2010s, the film weaves together time and experience to reflect on the political, social, and emotional transformations that shape both Brazil’s history and the director’s life.
FEBEM: The beginning of the end · 1990FEBEM: The beginning of the end
1990
MovieDocumentary
A report covering the days when the then Secretary for Children's Affairs, Alda Marco Antônio, shut down the notorious FEBEM intake pavilions, releasing the children who had been housed together with adults. It details the release process, along with testimonies from parents and from the minors themselves.
Dias de Euforia · 1989Dias de Euforia
1989
MovieDocumentary
Record of the 1989 elections, when Brazil was divided between Lula and Fernando Collor. It brings together material gathered from the streets of São Paulo, television broadcasts, and support from artists like Djavan, Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Lobão, and Leci Brandão. Additionally, it features footage of the marches and Lula's first interview after his electoral defeat. A work that recounts fragments of the struggle for democracy in the country.