Cabra Marcado para Morrer (Man Marked for Death, Twenty Years Later) – Edinburgh (10th December) – Cinemaattic specialises in pop-up film screenings, underground events and retrospectives on iberian & latin american cinema.

Cabra Marcado para Morrer (Man Marked for Death, Twenty Years Later) – Edinburgh (10th December)

In 1962 João Pedro Teixeira, leader of the peasant league in Sapé (Paraíba), was assassinated by order of large landowners. Filming for a movie about his life, produced by the UNE’s CPC and the Pernambuco popular culture movement, began in 1964, featuring a fictionalized reenactment of the political activism that led to his murder. Production involved peasants from the Galiléia plantation (Pernambuco) and João Pedro’s widow, Elizabeth Teixeira, but was halted by 1964’s military coup. Seventeen years later, in 1981, director Eduardo Coutinho resumes the project, seeking out Elizabeth and other participants from the interrupted film, such as the peasants who had been active in the leagues.

The screening will begin with an introduction from Invisible Women’s Camilla Baier.

📅 Thursday 10th December
🕢 5.45pm
📍 Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ

This venue is wheelchair accessible.
Content warnings: images of dead bodies, discussions of state violence and suicide.