Film Screening -- The North Carolina premiere of:

Jogo de Cena (Playing)
(Eduardo Coutinho, 2007, 105 min, Brazil, Portuguese w/ English Subtitles, Color, DVD)

-- Introduced by Aaron J. Lorenz, PhD, Post-Doctoral Associate of Luso-Brazilian Studies.  Q&A to follow!

In this self-reflexive documentary, veteran filmmaker, Eduardo Coutinho interviews 23 women who responded to a newspaper advertisement he placed that asked them to narrate an important moment in their lives.  Mixing their interviews with improvised reenactments of the interviews by actresses, Coutinho calls attention to the performative quality of interpretation and confounds the audience’s ability to distinguish between reality and fiction.  The documentary also calls attention to the profound depth and beauty of personal experience. 

-- Winner of the APCA Trophy for Best Film at the 2008 São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards, and the Jury Awards for Best Documentary & Best Documentary Director at the 2008 Prêmio Contigo Cinema, Brazil!

Cost: Free and Open to the Public!

Sponsors: The Department of Romance Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image (AMI)