RSVP to see Neirud! A film by IMA alum Fernanda Faya @fefa_faya Friday, April 11, 6-9pm - RSVP in the link in bio Free and open to the public. Seats are going fast. NEIRUD had its World Premiere at Olhar de Cinema - Curitiba Int’l Film Festival, receiving Best Film and Best Editing awards. After its International Premiere at DOC NYC the film has continued to receive festival awards. Fernanda is currently writing her first fiction feature film script, BETE, which was awarded the SpCine developing fund. More about Neirud: https://www.neirudfilm.com/ | @@neirud_film “Growing up, filmmaker Fernanda Roth Faya knew Neirud as her “aunt,” a family member close to her grandmother. What Faya uncovers after Neirud’s death is a mysterious and colorful life, from her time as a wrestler and circus performer to her secret and complicated love triangle. Neirud is a fascinating story about race and identity, and queer life in last century’s Brazil”. – Murtada Elfadl (DOC NYC) “...Mixing archival film and video footage, Neirud alternates poetic lyricism with poignant anecdotes, the net result is a heartfelt ode to the pioneers of the past who have made today possible.” - Hammer to Nail After the film there will be a Q&A and discussion with Fernanda Faya and researcher, Flor Barceló. Flor Barceló is a PhD student in Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University. They hold a Licenciatura in Letras (BA) by the University of Buenos Aires, where they concentrated on Literary Theory. They worked as research assistant in the Department of Literary Theory and the Department of Feminist Literary Studies and Theories at the University de Buenos Aires. Their research interests include the construction of queer archives, DIY publications (magazines and fanzines) produced by LGBT+ activists from Latin America and España, subjectivity and grievable lives under neoliberalism, and literature written during the AIDS epidemics. #filmscreening #film #archive #familyarchive #event #discussion