Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell

Fernanda PESSOA 2017 Brazil Documentary color 80min Portuguese DCP
A historical review of the military dictatorship in Brazil only through the images and sounds from a selection of the pornochanchada films, a kind of erotic film that was the most seen and most produced during that period.

Director

Fernanda PESSOA

PESSOA has an M.A. in Film Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris. As a filmmaker and visual artist, she works primarily on experimental and documentary films, as well as on 8mm, 16mm and found footage.

Director's Statement ▾

Fernanda PESSOA

2017 Stories Our Cinema Did (Not) Tell

Direction:  Fernanda Pessoa

Production: Julia Borges Araña, Alice Riff and Fernanda Pessoa

Editing: Luiz Cruz

Fernanda PESSOA
fernanda@pessoaproducoes.com