José Ribeira Silva
2015-10-02
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"Granddaughters of Witches"? A discussion about the reality of the modern woman. Featuring anthropologist Carla Cristina Garcia and artist MC Tha.
Curitiba, PR, December 8, 1959; at around five o'clock in the afternoon, Military Police sub-lieutenant Haroldo Tavares enters the Bazar Centenário, Praça Tiradentes, to buy a comb. He chooses one, finds it expensive and demands an invoice. The store owner, Amhad Najar, argues and they end up fighting. The warrant officer leaves the fight with a fractured leg. Outside the store, the people who were watching the fight and the fight rebel, destroy the merchant's store and go to other stores in the square. The police cannot control the situation. Late at night, a truce: the population goes to sleep, gathering strength for the following days, when the situation becomes unsustainable. The police withdraw from the streets, the Army begins to act and, on the tenth, puts the tanks on the streets.
It portrays a Sunday in a typically Brazilian home, where food serves as a link to family ties, guided by conversations of all kinds, ranging from memories to gossip.
Based on parts of Rita Lee’s autobiography “Uma Autobiografia”, the documentary explores Rita’s remaining legacy in her childhood home, which is currently the residency of missionaries. This film seeks to investigate the persistence of memories of spaces that no longer exist.
The film is about the vinyl record culture and presents a panel of stories, searches, collecting, in various locations in Rio de Janeiro.