
A Colônia
Antônio Justa neighborhood, in Maracanaú (CE), arises from a colony founded in 1942 for the isolation of people with leprosy. Today the new residents and the descendants of the first patients live in a territory marked by irregular occupation and real estate speculation, crossed by the stigma of the disease in the past and the precarious current reality.
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A Colônia
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Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 7, 2021
Runtime
1h 13m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
A Colônia
Production Companies
Sereia Filmes
Director
Mozart Freire
Description
Antônio Justa neighborhood, in Maracanaú (CE), arises from a colony founded in 1942 for the isolation of people with leprosy. Today the new residents and the descendants of the first patients live in a territory marked by irregular occupation and real estate speculation, crossed by the stigma of the disease in the past and the precarious current reality.