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Maria Roxo: from sex-work to film-directing

A sex-worker and a first-time director began making a film which would transform their lives. One from a profession that is often viewed with disgust or through the rosy lens of exoticism, and the other a high-status intellectual role in a liberal society. Maria died before the film was completed. After her death, Renata spent months alone to come to terms with what they had done.

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‘Medusa’, a scream against Bolsonaro

Fundamentalist churches are big supporters of right-wing politics in Brazil. They promote an ideology of moral and physical purity which is deeply racist and sexist, by providing a sense of community. And in a fragmented society they know how to market their ‘product’ to all sorts of groups. Its techniques are manipulative.