Louise Botkay

Vertieres I, II, III

Louise Botkay

The tenderness of the initial images presents young girls of a school class praying, in a chorus, verses that thank the Lord for “all the wonders performed”. The Battle of Vertières took place on November 18, 1803 in the former French colony Saint-Domingue, now Haïti, and resulted in the independence of the first free nation of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Mains propres

Louise Botkay

In the post-colonial era, poor countries remain subject to the same groups of nations that colonized them. Europe is at war, but without bluster. On the city streets, as well as in the countryside, everyone pretends not to know or not to remember that. There are international cooperations that “help” the poorest countries, leaving a fragrance of infinite dependency in the air. This film speaks of this dependence and also of the “white” desire to have the cliched image of extreme African poverty.

Um filme para Ehuana

Louise Botkay

Ehuana Yaira Yanomami

Documentary follows women and children from an Yanomami tribe in Northern Brazil, Amazon forest, particularly Ehuana Yaiara and her family.

4Portes

Louise Botkay

No synopsis

Palma 11

Louise Botkay

Mammah

Louise Botkay

A film by Louise Botkay.

Inùtil Paisagem

Louise Botkay

In a musical mood shifted and carried by the figure of Bob Estrela, a city and a girl blend into solitude in urban areas.