Brazil Film Series

Madame Satã
Directed by Karim Aïnouz, 2002

Born to slaves in the northeast, João Francisco dos Santos - better known by his stage name of Madame Satã - moves to Rio and becomes a bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, and father to seven adopted children. A notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in the volatile Rio of the 1930s and 1940s, Madame Satã immerses himself, and comes to define, the sordid yet lively world of the bohemian Lapa district. In Rio's underbelly, home of pimps, prostitutes, and other misfits, director Karim Ainouz tells a story of desperate dreams that transcend poverty and squalor.

Date: Tuesday, May 12
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Free and open to the public. Screened with subtitles in English.

For more information click on: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/madamesata

Cosponsored by the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS and the Harvard Brazilian Organization (HBO)