Marlene

2022Movie45 min

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Summary

Barbara Marcel runs a film workshop at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Kinshasa. Starting with a discussion of the film The Lion Has Seven Heads by Glauber Rocha (Congo Brazzaville, 1969), the filmmaker questions the relationship between her country, Brazil, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Marlene offers an impassioned consideration of militant filmmaking.

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  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Thought-provoking

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Fingerprint

  • Holds up a mirror.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Makes you think.
  • Pays off your patience.

Not for laughs, scares or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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