Join us on to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month and watch ‘Neirud’, 2023, by Fernanda Faya. 🌈🏳️⚧️
🎞️ Neirud died shrouded in mystery, leaving no trace of her past behind. Confronting family secrets, the filmmaker pieces together the life of her enigmatic aunt, who toured Brazil as a wrestler in an all-women's circus troupe throughout the 1960s and 1980s. As she delves into Neirud's controversial persona in the ring, the filmmaker uncovers a taboo-breaking love story, revealing the surprising nature of Neirud's role within her own family.
We will also be screening another short film in partnership with Mov Festival, The International Student Film Festival of Pernambuco, Brazil. ⭐
Rebu, 2020, Directed by Mayara Santana, 22 mins
🎞️ Rebu is a first-person documentary that sets out to investigate the most diverse performances of masculinity within the director's lesbian experience, taking into account her last three relationships and also interviews with her father. With ease and debauchery, the film tackles themes such as flirtatious talent, flexibility with the truth, emotional irresponsibility, impulsiveness and romance. These themes permeate the lives of the two characters, even though they are separated by a generational, cultural and gender gap.
⚡ As we announced earlier this month in our platforms, Favela Cineclube is our selected organisation to receive our donations for the first half of the year. 50% of the box office of this screening will go to them to support their incredible work at Morro da Providencia.
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.
📅 Thursday, 27th February
🕰️ Doors open 6pm
📽️ Films starting at 7pm
📍 Portuguese Love Affair - 324 Hackney Rd, London E2 7AX
All our films have English subtitles.
This event is supported by Consulate of Brazil in London and Instituto Guimarães Rosa.