In 1934, the Portuguese New State displayed, at the Portuguese Colonial Exhibition, the ultimate symbol of its virility in Rosinha, a native of what was then Portuguese Guinea. The film questions the idea of Portugal’s so-called “gentle racism”, by looking back at more than a century of colonial discourse.
Marta Pessoa
Marta Pessoa was born in Lisbon in 1974. She studied cinema at the ESTC and has worked as Director of Photography since 1996. In 2013, she formed the production company TRÊS VINTÉNS along with Rita Palma and João Pinto Nogueira.
Rita Palma
Rita Palma was born in Lisbon in 1975. She studied cinema (Image and Directing) at the Higher School of Theatre and Cinema and Communication Sciences at FCSH-UNL. She worked as an Assistant Director, Screenwriter, and Editor in documentaries and fiction films. She directed, among other films, the short films A Costureira Que Engoliu Um Alfinete (2002), Report of the Velha Enquanto Senhora (2005), and Odisseia (2007).
João Pinto Nogueira
João Pinto Nogueira was born in Lisbon in 1949. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering in London. Since 1977, he has worked as Production Director and Assistant Director with João Botelho, Pedro Costa, Jorge Silva Melo, Joaquim Pinto, Margarida Gil, and Solveig Nordlund, among others. He directed the short films Do Outro Lado Do Tejo (1996), Cowboys Na António Maria Cardoso (2005), Desatino Dramático (2013) and the documentaries U Ómãi Qe Dava Pulus (2008) and Outra Forma de Luta (2014).
How can we atone for the historical sins inherited from our ancestors during the colonial period? Through Rosinha and Other Wild Animals (Marta Pessoa, 2023), director Pessoa attempts to re—explore the issue of colonial racism committed by the Portuguese, but this time from a different perspective—the perspective of a white person, who becomes the main…
