Celebrated every year on March 8, the International Women's Day raises important issues in society, such as women's struggles and achievements.
Whether through written narratives or audiovisual works, many women do and made history in Brazil and in the world.
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Preserving their history and reflecting on the different roles they assume is fundamental to understanding the path taken so far.
Scripted, filmed and edited, the films on our list give life to remarkable female characters. Animation, action, comedy, drama, science fiction, suspense, regardless of genre, they serve as inspiration for children, teenagers and adults about the importance of the female figure.
Check the list of 12 movies to watch on International Women's Day!
The Color Purple recounts Celie's difficult life from adolescence to adulthood. The film narrates the aggressions she suffered from her father, in addition to the pregnancy she had before sterility.
The black character is treated sometimes as a slave and sometimes as a companion by her husband. Her suffering is shared in the letters, until she rebelled against the conditions, this at a time when black women were seen as lesser citizens.
frida is a biopic of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. In the story, the conflicting marriage with Diego Rivera, the affair with Leon Trotsky, as well as their struggles and overcomings, are portrayed.
Considered one of the biggest names in feminism, the title achieved six nominations for the 2003 Oscars. Of these, it won two categories: Best Original Soundtrack and Best Makeup and Hairstyles.
the feature film olga narrates the life of a German Jew and activist of the communism, Olga Benário Prestes.
Destined for the Soviet Union, she is trained for guerrilla warfare and has recognition in the Communist Party, when she meets her future husband, Luís Carlos Prestes.
Luís Carlos Prestes is one of the most important Brazilian communist leaders. In 1934, when he returned to Brazil, Olga was appointed to escort him. United, in life and politics, they organize to overthrow the government of Getúlio Vargas.
A film from the 1990s, with Thelma and Louise as protagonists, the plot relates the adventure of two friends.
Thelma & Louise, women, tired of everyday monotony, give up their lives and hit the road, on an exciting journey. However, they become involved in a crime and are pursued by the American police.
A curiosity is that the protagonists consider themselves the owners of the first selfie in the cinematographic world.
In 1960s Mississippi, Skeeter is a girl who returns to her town wanting to be a writer.
Her activities as such begin when she starts interviewing black women, who needed to give up their lives to work in raising the children of the white elite, which Skeeter herself makes part.
Cross Stories It has an impressive storyline. It is emotional and reflective.
Directed by a woman, Kathryn Bigelow, until then the only woman to receive the Academy Award for Best Director, The darkest hour features Maya, a CIA agent, as the protagonist.
In the paper, inspired by a real agent, Maya describes the trajectory of a decade of American intelligence in search of Osama bin Laden.
The work received five Oscar nominations in 2013, including Best Actress and Best Picture.
the protagonist of brave, Merida, is a young princess different from ordinary ones, as she is free and independent. However, her family wants her to follow the path similar to the popular princesses, organizing a competition for the princes to win her heart.
In the course of the work there are many conflicts, but the film presents a new fairy tale, in which the princess does not need a prince charming.
The Suffragettes narrates the beginning of the feminist movement during the 20th century in England. The work highlights the struggle for the right to vote and equality, as well as the methods of repression of the period.
With a theoretical characteristic, this feature film is a history lesson on the important social movement.
malala is another biographical work about the young Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai, who fights for women's education.
An example of courage and resilience, at just 15 years of age the girl suffered an attempted murder, in which she was shot in the head by the Taliban militia. All this is narrated in the documentary.
After that, Malala was flown to the UK and underwent a surgical procedure. Survivor, it became a symbol of the fight for the fulfillment of Human Rights. No wonder that in 2014 it was consecrated with the Nobel Prize of Peace.
One of the great representatives of national cinema, What time does she come back? it is yet another film that brings the name of a woman, Anna Mulayert, to the direction.
The work stars Regina Casé, who plays the role of a maid, who works in a family home to provide better conditions for her daughter.
Depicting two sides, that of female emancipation and also the transfer of domestic work to another woman, the plot presents different inequalities in society.
The film took seven trophies at the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro, in 2016, and the Ariel Award for Best Ibero-American Film, in 2017.
The film, inspired by facts, narrates the protagonism of three black women in a period of racism and male domination.
The plot is based on the validity of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union and the USA fight for supremacy in the space race. Allied to this, American society needed to face the split between whites and blacks, who were also present at NASA, where the friends worked.
Wonder Woman it is the first superhero film with a female lead. The narrative speaks of Diana, trained since she was young to be an invincible warrior.
One of the great DC Comics titles, the work is also directed by a woman, Patty Jenkins, a great achievement for women in the world of the seventh art.
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