WOMEN MAKE MOVIES | Lucia Murat

Lucia Murat

Lucia Murat is a Brazilian journalist and filmmaker. After working in the main TV stations and newspapers of Brazil as a journalist, she has been responsible in the last four years for an important series for educational TV, Testemunho, about the Brazilian history; O caso eu conto como o caso foi, short stories based in classics of Brazilian literature, and Mulheres no cinema, about women in the Brazilian movies.

As a filmmaker, she has done the award winning films O Pequeno Exercito Louco (Little Mad Army), Daisy, Que Bom te Ver Viva (How Nice to See You Alive) and Doces Poderes (Sweet Power). Now she has started the pre-production of her next film, Brava Gente Brasileira (Brave Brazilian People).

How Nice to See You Alive
A film by Lucia Murat, 1989, 100 min., Color
On March 31, 1964, a military coup overthrew the Brazilian government. Four years later, all civil rights were suspended and torture became a systema...

Sweet Power
A film by L�cia Murat, 1996, 98 min., Color
During a tumultuous political campaign, veteran broadcast journalist Bia takes over as news director of a major television network. Amidst multiple c...




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