Jan 7, 7pm, Adm: $6.00
SMG Chatham 14
210 W 87th Street
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Virgem Margarida Mozambique, 2012 color 87′
Cast: Sumeia Maculuva, Iva Mugalela, Hermelinda,Cimela, Rosa Mario, Ana-Maria Albino
Director: Licinio AzevedoProduction Company: Ébano Multimédia
Co-Production Company: Ukbar Filmes; JBA Productions
Portugese with English Subtitles
Set in Mozambique in 1975, in the immediate aftermath of the country’s war of independence, Virgin Margarida tells the story of a group of female sex workers who are captured by revolutionary soldiers and sent deep into the countryside to be ‘re-educated’. Although Maria João, the officer in charge of the programme, is driven by idealistic notions, she is perfectly willing to subject her prisoners to torture. But in spite of their suffering, members of the group take it upon themselves to look out for Margarida, a 16 year-old who stands falsely accused of prostitution, and in fact is a virgin.
This is the story of Women, bounded by adversity.
