SCREENING: CIDADE DAS MULHERES (2005)
October 11, 2017
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Fowler Museum
308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles CA 90024
Dir. Lázaro Faria, 2005, 72 min.
This documentary pays homage to American anthropologist Ruth Landes, whose research on women in Bahian Candomblé led to the publication of her book City of Women in 1947. The film also examines the women priestesses, or mães de santo, who are important in the Afro-Brazilian religion today and gives special attention to Mãe Stella de Oxóssi, who has led the llê Axé Opô Afonjá Candomblé house since 1976.
308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles CA 90024
