We are really excited to be back to FARRS for another screening, marking Abril Indígena (Indigenous April), a month of major popular mobilizations of the Indigenous movement.
This time we will bring The Wind Blows the Border, 2022, by Laura Faerman and Marina Weis - At the heart of Brazilian agribusiness, Indigenous teacher Alenir Aquino Ximendes fights for her community's right to their ancestral lands. On the opposite side of this dispute is the heiress of these lands - Luana Ruiz Silva, a powerful anti-Indigenous lawyer.
We will also be screening another short film in partnership with Mov Festival, The International Student Film Festival of Pernambuco, Brazil. ⭐
📽 The film: This story takes place on the violent and devastated border between Brazil and Paraguay, in the Ñande Ru Marangatu Indigenous Territory - land disputed by Guarani-Kaiowá Indigenous people, who have inhabited the region for at least 1500 years, and farmers who arrived there in the 1940s. Starting from this dispute, the film closely follows the growth of ruralist political power and its ties to the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro.
At the same time, it portrays the intimacy of Indigenous women resistance, with their collective ideals and struggle for the planet. The process recorded by the documentary culminates now, with the possible loss of Indigenous constitutional rights, thanks to the political power of agribusiness.
📅 Thursday, 24th April
🕰️ Doors open 6pm
📽️ Films starting at 7pm
📍 FARRS, 17, 19 Dalston Ln, London E8 3DF
⚡ For the first half of the year, we will be donating a part of our box office to Favela Cine Club. 50% of the box office of this screening will go to them to support their incredible work at Morro da Providencia. By attending one of these screenings, you will be directly contributing to a screening organised by Favela CineClub.
Favela Cineclube holds free film screenings, bringing residents together, encouraging the occupation of idle spaces through screenings in public places and promoting access to cinema and audiovisual arts in general, always with the aim of presenting new perspectives and references for social transformation in the community. By moving access to cinema to Morro da Providência, the work of art is no longer separated from reality, restricted to cinema rooms, making it possible for it to be enjoyed, appropriated and produced by the residents of Morro da Providência.
All our films have English subtitles.
This event is supported by Consulate of Brazil in London and Instituto Guimarães Rosa.