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Speaker: Helena Lemos Petta, Lemann Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS
Moderated by: Erin Goodman, Director of the Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University
Join us for this in-person film screening of "Out of Breath" (Brazil, 2022, 81'), about public health workers in marginalized areas of Brazil during the Covid-19 pandemic, awarded the Best Documentary in the Brazilian Competition of the 2022 It's All True International Documentary Film Festival. "Out of Breath" is also running for the OSCARS in the Best Documentary Feature category. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Co-Director Helena Lemos Petta.
Lunch will be served as of 12pm and the film screening will begin at 12:10pm. “Out of Breath” shows healthcare as it intersects with religion, inequalities and racism. The documentary sheds light on this health crisis giving a human face to our collective struggle against COVID 19 as we look for some healing in a world in desperate need of care. Watch the trailer here.