Daughter of the Wind (Brazil)
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
Seattle, WA
Daughter of the Wind (Brazil). Portuguese with English subtitles; 90 minutes. Director: Joel Zito Araujo. Assembling the largest cast of Black actors ever seen in a Brazilian film, this first fiction feature film by acclaimed documentarian Araujo is a moving and complex story about redemption between sisters, mothers, and daughters.
The film tells the stories of the female protagonists, starting at a funeral in the present and traversing back and forth between contemporary time and the 1960s and 1970s. The film touches upon themes pertinent to women everywhere, but in small-town Brazil the ghosts of slavery and racism linger and affect the characters' lives in subtle ways. In a brilliant piece of political and social storytelling, the filmmaker substitutes the stereotypical roles usually played by Black actors in Brazil's most popular medium, the soap opera, for full, multifaceted characterizations-even as he cleverly employs many of the telenovela's methods of communicating to wide audiences. (Excerpted from the Museum of Modern Art Premiere Brazil! Program).
Please stay for a festive closing reception (coffee & dessert / wine & cheese).
Note: Please stay for a Q&A with director Joel Zito Araujo & a festive closing reception (coffee & dessert / wine & cheese).
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| Dog Friendly: No |
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| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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Sales have ended for this event. Tickets may still be available at the door.
Thank you for your interest in this event! We also host monthly screenings in our Underground Railroad traveling film series during the rest of the year, part of an ongoing effort to build community across the aisle. Please visit our website, www.langstonblackfilmfest.org, for schedule information. |
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| Start: | Sunday Apr 30, 2006 7:00 PM | | End: | Sunday Apr 30, 2006 10:30 PM |
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Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
104 17th Ave South
Seattle, WA 98144
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