Overview of articles
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Dogs Are Said to See Things
How a pool party is rudely interrupted. The beautifully constructed and ominous tension is visualised idiosyncratically.Published on: -
Odete
Disturbing, hallucinatory portrait of a difficult mother-daughter relationship whose true nature is only revealed after the mother’s death.Published on: -
Éden
A very pregnant woman ends up with a dubious evangelist and his Church of Eden after the senseless murder of her husband. Fine, creative camera…Published on: -
Bring Me the Head of Carmen M.
In turbulent contemporary Brazil, an actress dives into the myth of Carmen Miranda, the woman who gave the country a new identity.Published on: -
Enquanto estamos aqui
Poetic, fictionalised film diary about globalisation and migration, brought back to the essence of human micro-politics: desire, fear and hope.Published on: -
O som do silêncio
Separated by life, father and son are strangers to each other. When there is no communication, silence is a cry.Published on: -
Diamantino
The world’s premier football star becomes embroiled in an increasingly absurd conspiracy that goes all the way to the top.Published on: -
Merê
Film on black female protagonism in the Candomblé Jeje Mahi tradition; investigating its roots in Benin and its links to Brazil.Published on: -
My Friend Fela
The complexity of musician Fela Kuti’s life unravelled through the eyes of his biographer and friend, the African-Cuban Carlos Moore.Published on: -
Pontes sobre Abismos
Triggered by an unveiled family secret, Aline Motta’s ancestral quest confronts the traditional paradigms about miscegenation related to racismPublished on: