Susanna Lira
2021
Porque Temos Esperança
Susanna Lira
The journey of a woman from Pernambuco and her rejection to everything that seems to have no way. Living deep dilemmas in personal life and trying to rebuild other lives, she begins a journey through the prisons of Recife, in the intention that parents recognize their children. Experiencing solitude in his own skin, Marli shows us that affection can be redemptive and that lack of hope is the most intolerable evil for the human being.
Porque Temos Esperança
Torre das Donzelas
Susanna Lira
Dilma Rousseff, Guida Amaral
Documents former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's visit to the the women's alley of Tiradentes Jail in the city of São Paulo, also known as "Torre das Donzelas" ("Damsels' Tower"). Alongside other women, Dilma was kept as prisoner in there during the 1970s, when Brazil was under a reign of terror during its military dictatorship years. They all meet again 45 years later to break the silence and the fear of speaking out the horrors they lived under a ruthless dictatorship.
Torre das Donzelas
Prazer em Conhecer
Susanna Lira
Vinícius Lacerda, Nicolle Mahier Batista
A documentary that looks over the contemporary LGBTQIA+ sexuality. The recent arrival in Brazil of two new forms of prevention – PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) and PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis), drugs that promise greater efficacy against HIV/Aids transmission and contagion – enable an intense exercise of sexual practices, bringing new forms of care beyond the use of condoms. Through an intimate and observational record, the film strips of all moral judgement to dive into the user’s daily lives of PrEP, bringing up reflections about desire, sex and protection.
Nice to Meet You
Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis
Susanna Lira
Lázaro Ramos, Mussum
The trajectory of musician and comedian Mussum as vocalist of the group "Os Originais do Samba" and later in cinema and TV as a member of "Os Trapalhões", a group that revolutionized the way of making humor on Brazilian television.
Mussum: Um Filme do Cacildis
Intolerância.doc
Susanna Lira
The film gets into the underworld of crimes involving homophobia, soccer organized fans, and gangs in Sao Paulo city. It shows the team’s work routine of DECRADI, the only unit specialized in this field, as they search for people who have made hate speech into cruel murders.
Intolerância.doc
Amnestia
Susanna Lira
A sensitive reassembly of the Amnesty Caravan apologies to all who have had their lives affected by the civil-military dictatorship in the country. The work uses only archival material and is narrated by Paulo Abrão, former National Secretary of Justice.
Amnestia
