Documentary - WOMAN CRIES OUT! / FALA MULHER!
- Director: Kika Nicolela & Graciela Rodriguez
- Year: 2005
- Country: Brazil
- Duration: 80min
- Genre: Feature Documentary
- Language: Portuguese w/ English subtitles
Fifteen Afro-descendant women talk about their lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They work hard to make a living and help support their families. However, they lead a parallel life: they are queens inside the carnival community. Often portrayed by the media as mere sex symbols – the mulata – these women are proud of their African roots and their femininity and celebrate them through the practice of Carnival and Candomble rituals, singing and dancing. They’ve unveiled a way of nurturing fantasy within reality, filling their routine with creativity and optimism. Woman Cries Out! captures the essence of this group of women who turn their survival into art.
Wednesday 28th February, Seymour Centre, 6.30pm (Afro-descendants in Latin America
session)
Screening with:
THE FIFTH SUYO, AFRODESCENDANTS IN PERU / EL QUINTO SUYO, AFRODESCENDIENTES EN EL PERU
Fernando Espinoza, 2002, Peru, 26min, Short Documentary, Spanish w/ English subtitles
Espinoza brings to light and recovers the important contribution of the Afro-Peruvian communities in the nation building history of Peru.
