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Writer, poet, editor, and filmmaker. Her works push the boundaries between classic documentary and video art. With a strong political emphasis, they shed light on marginalized sections of society in major urban centers. They also expose the economic and discursive mechanisms used to create social stratifications. She is part of the pioneering generation of independent video in Brazil, having studied video documentary at the New School for Social Research in New York in the early 1970s. Since then, she has been active in various social movements related to feminism and gender. She has written for magazines such as Realidade and Nova, and worked in the editorial departments of organizations like Nova Cultural, Globo, and Time Life. She was also responsible for the etymology section of the Larousse Encyclopedia and has published poetry volumes.
Most Popular Rita Moreira Trailers
Total trailers found: 14
25 November 2019
The film revisits the life and thought of the influential American philosopher and feminist activist Ti-Grace Atkinson.
10 February 2011
Based on the installation Santa Paz Domestica, Domesticada by Ana Vieira (1977) and excerpts from the September 22nd, 1956 issue of the magazine O Cruzeiro.
25 December 1989
Record of the 1989 elections, when Brazil was divided between Lula and Fernando Collor. It brings together material gathered from the streets of São Paulo, television broadcasts, and support from artists like Djavan, Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Lobão, and Leci Brandão.
06 January 1977
Interviews along the streets of New York, with it’s residents, their relation to the city, views on drug consumption and the conditions of living in this city.
01 January 1988
Hunting Season deals with the wave of homosexual murders that plagued São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in the 1980s.
22 September 1987
Video documentary on prejudice against black people in Brazil, featuring statements and interviews about racist episodes, and a poll on the importance of Benedita da Silva’s presence in the Constituent Assembly.
05 June 2026
Drawing on the idea that memory is an editing room, veteran lesbian filmmaker Rita Moreira revisits her trajectory through her films.
16 December 1990
A report covering the days when the then Secretary for Children's Affairs, Alda Marco Antônio, shut down the notorious FEBEM intake pavilions, releasing the children who had been housed together with adults.
01 January 1983
A portrait of a homeless woman living on Pacaembu Avenue in São Paulo, surrounded by mansions. In the patch of land she chose to sleep on, she talks about various topics such as housing, foreign debt, her multiple marriages, the situation of the homeless, and more.
