Feminist Fightback Filmclub & Cine Brazil: Verde-Esperanza

This August in Brazil Matters, the Feminist Assembly of Latin Americans, Feminist Fightback and Cine Brazil will be continuing our collaboration to screen two more documentaries centering abortion and people’s experiences of them.

We will be showing two films: Verde-Esperanza and Ours to Tell.

Verde-Esperanza: legal abortion in Latin America (2023, 43min) directed by Maria Lutterbach draws on the experiences of Argentina, Colombia and Brazil to outline the struggles for legal abortion in Latin America.

With interviews, data and context, the documentary shows the current situation in each country: Brazil, which is fighting to guarantee access to legal abortion in three cases and to prevent any setbacks in legislation; Argentina, which decriminalized abortion in 2020, with abortion services already being carried out in the country without any constraints for women; and Colombia, which, in February 2022, decriminalized termination of pregnancy up to 24 weeks. The three experiences indicate paths and strategies for defending the rights of women and pregnant people.

Ours to Tell (2020, 17min) directed by Rayka Zehtabchi for Planned Parenthood and We Testify is the story of four people in the US who live full and empowered lives because they had the freedom to access abortion.

Through the real stories of people, the film spotlights what it means to have control over one’s own bodies and thus the power to decide one’s own future.  A departure from the way abortion is often portrayed, the film centers on voices that are rarely heard — including Black, Latinx, and transgender storytellers.

Bodily autonomy and abortion are complex topics, and these documentary screenings follow our collaborative July screening were we explored more of those stories in the lead up to the 6th of September where once again we will be countering the forces of traditionalism and the patriarchy as they try to abolish our right to choice.

Exhibiting anger/ joy during the film at oppressive behaviour/ high points of struggle very much encouraged.

Suggested donations on the door £2/5/10 unwaged/waged/solidarity. All earnings will go towards the expenses of our September action.

All genders welcome.

Doors open at 6.30pm and screening starts at 7pm.

ACCESS: 

Farr’s Pub is on Dalston Lane, only  50 metres from Dalston Junction train station and Kingsland Road.

The event is in the Basement event space which means it is only accessible via stairs. There is a bathroom on the same level as the event space.