Series Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Student Film
Director Heidi Lipsanen
Country/Production UK
Release 2003
Length 32 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location Brazil, Olinda, Northeast Brazil / America
Ethnic Group Afro-Brazilian
Collection GCVA, School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
University School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
Order No RAI-200.3058
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Majê Molê is an Afro-Brazilian dance group which offers girls and young women in Olinda, Northeast Brazil, the opportunity to rise above the poverty, drug addiction and crime that scars their community. For teenager Simone it is the central focus of life, but for Leda it is something she must leave behind as she confronts prospective responsibilities as a mother. This is a film about miserable childhoods, sorrow and loss but also about joy, hope found through dance and, eventually, the happiness of motherhood.
