Dir. Daniela Thomas – Brazil 116 min
2018 Music Box Films
Portuguese with subtitles
Presented with UNO’s Office of Latino/Latin American Studies
Pre-show food TBD. Post-film discussion led by Cynthia Robinson, UNO Black Studies
Department Chair.
Supported by UNO’s Leonard and Shirley Goldstein Center for Human Rights.
Vazante:
Forced to marry a slave trader, young Beatriz faces physical and emotional unrest beyond her
years in this lyrical and nuanced historical mood piece.
Upon returning from a trading expedition, Antonio discovers that his wife has died in labor.
Confined to a decadent but desolate property in the company of his aging mother-in-law and
numerous slaves, he marries his wife’s young niece, Beatriz. Separated from her family and left
alone on the rugged farmhouse in the Brazilian mountains, Beatriz finds solace in the displaced
and oppressed inhabitants around her.
Exploring the fraught intersection of feminism, colonialism, and race that has persisted across
centuries and continents, Vazante is the haunting and stunning solo directorial debut from
Brazilian filmmaker Daniela Thomas. — Music Box Films

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