WHAT WORDS CAN DO

23.11.2023

Feature Film Selection/ Portugal, 2022, 76’

Details
  • Director: Luísa Marinho, Luísa Sequeira
  • Screenplay: Luísa Marinho, Luísa Sequeira
  • Editing: Ana Almeida
  • Cinematography: Ana Almeida, Luísa Sequeira
  • Music: Guilherme Barros
  • Producer: Ana Almeida, Luísa Sequeira
  • Production: Anexo 82 Produções
  • 2022 Doclisboa International Film Festival Best Portuguese Film Audience Award

Recap

In 1972, Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta and Maria Velho da Costa, published the book “New Portuguese Letters”. The political police immediately banned the book, and the writers were put on trial for crimes against morality. 'What Words Can Do' is an intimate portrait of the extraordinary 'Three Marias' whose case was a landmark in the international feminist movement.

Director

Luísa Marinho

Luísa Marinho has worked as a journalist since 2000. She worked for 'O Comércio do Porto,' in the Culture section, where she wrote regularly about cinema. Currently, she works for the travel and leisure magazine 'Evasões.'

Luísa Sequeira

Luísa Sequeira is a director, visual artist, and film curator. She navigates through different platforms: video, film, theater, photography, and collage, exploring the boundaries between the digital and the analog. She holds a specialization in documentary filmmaking and a Ph.D. in Media Art.

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The Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye organises the annual EU Human Rights Film Days on the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Click here for the list of films.