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Surreal, Delightful Political Satire With Soccer, Gender-Bending and Giant Puppies—‘Diamantino’, dir. Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt, 2018

The end of a soccer legend’s career makes him an easy target for Portuguese nationalists, opportunism, and greed—but will his kind heart show him the way to love and truth?

November 29th, 2020|Country: Brazil, France, Portugal, USA|

Disaffected Youth, Colonization and the Spirit-Ridden Forrests of the Amazon—‘The Dead and the Others’, dir. João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora, 2018

A coming-of-age story set in a Krahô people reservation shows the double bind of alienation that an indigenous young man has to grapple with as he becomes the man of the house

July 26th, 2020|Country: Brazil, Ge people, Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, Kraho people, Portugal|

Worker Exploitation and Misogyny: Where the Real Looting Happens in the Retail Industry—’Made in Bangladesh’, dir. Rubaiyat Hossain, 2019

A sizzling drama about a feminist uprising and union organizing at a garment factory in Dhaka puts the necessary spotlight on the exploitation of labor of which many consumers remain oblivious

July 13th, 2020|Country: Bangladesh, Denmark, France, Portugal|

A Treasure of Ethnofiction from Acclaimed Portuguese Master and His Cabo Verdean muse—‘Vitalina Varela’, dir. Pedro Costa, 2019

A migrant's forgotten widow tries to process grief in a Lisbon slum where he used to live: a vigorous, visually-stunning work based on the leading lady's lived experiences

February 27th, 2020|Country: Cabo Verde, Portugal|

Water Tells Its Own Story–‘Aquarela,’ dir. Victor Kossakovsky, 2019

An elegiac documentary with an urgent message about climate change centers the narrative around aquatic bodies and lets the environment speak for itself

February 10th, 2020|Country: Denmark, Germany, Greenland, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Water|

6 Animated Shorts to See at New York City’s Animation First Festival 2020

Family memories, heart-wrenching puppets, thrilling technological advancements and a lot of dark, delicious humor from the world’s finest animators, including two Oscars nominees

February 2nd, 2020|Country: Argentina, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Tajikistan|

Film: Sound of Masks, dir. Sara CF de Gouveia, 2018

The story of Mozambican independence and the country's postcolonial identity as reflected through the performances of Atanásio Nyusi, a traditional Mapiko dancer

August 16th, 2019|Country: Mozambique, Portugal, South Africa|

Book: Gaston Dorren, Babel, 2018

A book of wildly entertaining and illuminating essays on the world’s top 20 languages that celebrates the planet’s differences and similarities in a new way and makes you want to learn a new language

July 11th, 2019|Country: Brazil, Cameroon, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Netherlands, North Korea, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tamil Eelam, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam|

Film: Extinction, dir. Salomé Lamas, 2018

An essayistic, philosophical documentary feature on the aftermath of Soviet Union’s colonial rule with an emphasis on Transnistria

June 4th, 2019|Country: Portugal, Transnistria|

Film: Mabata Bata, dir. Sol de Carvalho, 2017

A fable set in war-torn Mozambique, based on a short story by Mia Kouto

May 19th, 2019|Country: Mozambique, Portugal|

Film: Djon África, dir. Filipa Reis and João Miller Guerra, 2018

October 3rd, 2018|Country: Cabo Verde, Portugal|

Art: Add Fuel, Comvida, 2016

May 9th, 2018|Country: Portugal|