MARIGHELLA
(Wagner Moura, Brazi, 2021, 155 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.
EXECUTIVE ORDER / MEDIDA PROVISÓRIA
(Lázaro Ramos, Brazil, 2021, 94 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)
Set in a dystopian near future in Rio de Janeiro, a lawyer sues the Brazilian government for reparation of all descendants of African slaves in the country. The authoritarian government responds by signing an executive order sending all black citizens to Africa as an excuse to repay the debts of slavery - creating chaos, protests, and an underground resistance movement that inspires the nation. Seeing themselves in the center of terror, two cousins take refuge in an apartment, where they debate social and racial issues, and share the same yearning for the change of country.
Wednesday, December 7, 7pm at Teachers College, Columbia University
