MADAME SATÃ
Director: Karim Aïnouz Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 2002 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Fellipe Marques, Flávio Bauraqui, Lázaro Ramos, Marcélia Cartaxo, Renata Sorrah
Introduced by Britt Sankofa followed by a brief Q&A.
MADAME SATÃ
A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos – better known as Madame Satã – was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time.
BRITT SANKOFA: BRITT SANKOFA is a filmmaker, writer, and artist from Washington DC. Her works have been featured in the SAAM ‘Women Filmmakers Festival” (2019), Virginia Film Festival (2018), Black Femme Supremacy Film Festival (2019), and the Afrikana Independent Film Festival (2017, 2019). Britt has a huge passion for black history and cinema and works towards building relationships between the two.