La Manuela

La Manuela

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 10, 2017

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

La Manuela

Production Companies

Canal Brasil, Gamarosa Filmes, Luzca

Director

Clara Linhart

Description

LA MANUELA is a movie about exile and self-reinvention. In august 2015, Manuela Lavinas Picq, a french-brazilian journalist and university professor, was arrested at a demonstration in Quito, Ecuador. That same night, her work visa was revoked and she was taken into custody. Manuela was forced to leave Ecuador, where she had lived for the last decade, losing her home, work and lover. This film tells the trajectory of an activist who defends the causes of indigenous peoples with a lot of identity.