Si Destinu<\/i> (2015), by Vanessa Fernandes, follows the story of Awa, an adolescent living in Lisbon with her father, Abdul. The young woman\u2019s struggle unfolds under the influence exerted upon Abdul by his paternal family back in Guinea-Bissau, leading Awa\u2019s future to be conditioned by norms and traditions inherited from her parents’ homeland. More than a film about female genital mutilation, it is a reflection on the persistence of invisible powers and silent laws that traverse borders and perpetuate themselves within the intimacy of family relations.<\/p>\n
After the screening of this film, curator and cultural critic Kitty Furtado talks with director Vanessa Fernandes about the themes portrayed in it. Built around themes such as Between-Place, Memory and Ancestry, Ecology and Feminism, Anti-racism and Family, this conversation seeks to reflect, from the film Si Destinu<\/em> and the director\u2019s work, on the variants that constitute the Black Gaze, in Portugal and around the world.<\/p>\n curated by<\/strong> kitty furtado supported by<\/strong> portuguese republic \u2013 culture, youth and sports \/ directorate-general for the arts \/ portuguese network of theatres and cineteatres (rtcp). portuguese network of contemporary art (rpac). para\u00edso is part of the general programme of activities to commemorate the 30th anniversary of CPLP<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Si Destinu (2015), by Vanessa Fernandes, follows the story of Awa, an adolescent living in Lisbon with her father, Abdul. The young woman\u2019s struggle unfolds under the influence exerted upon Abdul by his paternal family back in Guinea-Bissau, leading Awa\u2019s future to be conditioned by norms and traditions inherited from her parents’ homeland. More than Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5791,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-5790","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-cinema","type-talk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6021,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/5790\/revisions\/6021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gnration.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type?post=5790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nconversation with<\/strong> kitty furtado and vanessa fernandes<\/p>\n
\nmedia partners<\/strong> rtp, rtp antena 3 and rtp \u00e1frica<\/span><\/p>\n