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THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE
11:00 AM MASTERCLASS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TO FOLLOW
As Filhas do Fogo
Portugal | 2023 | 9 min
In an abstract space, three women, isolated from each other, sing their sorrows. It is a heart-rending melody of grief and loneliness. Their faces question the gaze of the beholder. They left their homes and now live in a foreign country. But why did they leave? Why this excruciating song? Change of scene: the night gives way to images of a beautiful, but devastated landscape. The shots were taken in 1951 in Fogo, a volcanic island of Cabo Verde, the day after one of many eruptions. A blanket of ash covers the land; some people – survivors, or ghosts – get close to the camera. An extraordinary short film that shows the transfiguring power of the cinema of Pedro Costa, the visionary dimension of his images, which succeed in displaying the reality of the suffering of the last by way of the powerfulness of singing and music – signs of the deep bond between human beings. (d.d.)