The women’s movement in Latin America is stronger than ever. From Argentina to Mexico, activists are calling for an end to violence against women with the slogan Ni Una Menos (no woman less). In Brazil in 2018, women organized themselves in a wave of protests against the election of the ultra-right, misogynistic President Bolsonaro. With a film evening, we want to shine a spotlight on Latin American women’s movements and be inspired by them.
As part of the “Frauenstark” film festival, terre des hommes schweiz and BASTA! are showing the Brazilian documentary “Corpo Manifesto”.
On December 1, 2019 at 6.30 pm at kult.kino atelier Basel. Admission CHF 10
This multi-faceted documentary by Carol Araujo tells the story of resistant women, their bodies and their struggles. The film poetically explores the symbolic dimensions of the body and its representation. It combines images of a performance by artist Nina Giovelli with interviews with feminist activists and thought leaders. The filmmaker accompanied the protest actions of the Brazilian women’s movement in recent years: she shows the energy, anger, poetry and humor of the women who are fighting for a fairer world in Latin America.
In the subsequent panel discussion, we want to discuss references to the women*’s strike movement in Switzerland.
Discuss
- Cejana Di Guimarães, journalist
- Sibel Arslan, NR, BastA!
- Angelina Hofer, Women*s Strike Committee Basel
- Andrea Zellhuber, terre des hommes schweiz
