To celebrate the 25 April revolution, Batalha presents If Cinema is a Weapon, a programme of films exploring the transformative power of cinema and how it can be used in liberation struggles today, in Portugal and throughout the world.
A group of curators invited by Batalha — filmmaker Fradique, researcher and curator Janaína Oliveira, photographer and curator Manuela Matos Monteiro, and director and programmer Rita Morais — have put together a programme that addresses a number of different liberation gestures through cinema.
Featuring fiction and documentary works that transcend aesthetic, cultural and geographic borders, the programme echoes the spirit of freedom heralded by April in order to discuss ideas about justice and equality. These films from Portugal, but also from Brazil, Palestine, Hong Kong and Nigeria, denounce oppression and reveal different historical perspectives, thus becoming important acts of resistance.
Curated by Fradique, Janaína Oliveira, Manuela Matos Monteiro and Rita Morais.
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To celebrate the 25 April revolution, Batalha presents If Cinema is a Weapon, a programme of films exploring the transformative power of cinema and how it can be used in liberation struggles today, in Portugal and throughout the world.
A group of curators invited by Batalha — filmmaker Fradique, researcher and curator Janaína Oliveira, photographer and curator Manuela Matos Monteiro, and director and programmer Rita Morais — have put together a programme that addresses a number of different liberation gestures through cinema.
Featuring fiction and documentary works that transcend aesthetic, cultural and geographic borders, the programme echoes the spirit of freedom heralded by April in order to discuss ideas about justice and equality. These films from Portugal, but also from Brazil, Palestine, Hong Kong and Nigeria, denounce oppression and reveal different historical perspectives, thus becoming important acts of resistance.
Curated by Fradique, Janaína Oliveira, Manuela Matos Monteiro and Rita Morais.
Full programme
West Indies, les nègres marrons de la liberté, Med Hondo, 1979
Es.Col.A da Fontinha, Viva Filmes, 2012
Cabeça de Nêgo, Déo Cardoso, 2020
Coconut Head Generation, Alain Kassanda, 2023
Nation Estate, Larissa Sansour, 2012
In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain, Larissa Sansour e Søren Lind, 2016
Foragers, Jumana Manna, 2022
South, Morgan Quaintance, 2020
Handsworth Songs, John Akomfrah, 1986
El botón de nácar, Patricio Guzmán, 2015
Once Removed, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, 2019
Mal di mare, João Vieira Torres, 2021
Never Rest/Unrest, Tiffany Sia, 2020
A Lei da Terra, Grupo Zero, 1977
República, Grace Passô, 2019
Nũhũ Yãg Mũ Yõg Hãm: Essa Terra É Nossa!, Isael Maxakali, Sueli Maxakali, Carolina Canguçu e Roberto Romero, 2020
Code Names, Maryam Tafakory, 2022
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