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SE SAFANDO (Getting Away With It)

Love, obsession, and abandonment are the stages of love explored through this story creating a realistic and breathing picture of a few days in the lives of young Brazilians.

In Person: Filmmakers Taganyahu Swaby, Joshua Bee Alafia & Jon Fine, & Actress Miralva Melo Swaby

Brown Paper $10 Members / $15 Public

"Se Safando" is a story of love, migration and heartbreak. Weaving the lives of 5 different people together, the film creates a rich tapestry set against the stunning city of Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil. Luana is a young pregnant Bahiana abandoned by her boyfriend Roberval, who fears the responsibilities of fatherhood and is lost in a world of grafitti and girl chasing. She sets out searching for him much to the dismay of her family and in the process begins to wonder about her own relationship with her absent father. She confides her worries to her friend Priya, a carioca vacationing in Bahia, who in turn falls in love with Jose, Luana's cousin. Roberval evades Luana and spends his time with a new girlfriend from Spain, and tries to find validation in his friend Rafael's life style. 1SESEGTaganyahu Swaby_Miralva Melo Swaby in Se Safando BWcredit Joshua Bee AlafiaRafael is a young Jamaican living in Bahia, who spends his time playing capoeira and playing women in order to forget about his homeland, until he is injured. He is nursed back to health by the beautiful Solange whose love he doesn't appreciate until it's too late. (Brazil, 2012, 76 minutes,Color, Portuguese with English subtitles, Written & Directed by Taganyahu Swaby & Joshua Bee Alafia; Director of Photography: Jon Fine; Produced by Rachel Bernard & Jon Fine; Cast: Miralva Melo Swaby, Taganyahu Swaby, (waiting for others) 2013 Barcelona Interenational Film Festival El Rey Award for Excellence in Film Editing)