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Zika

They come from remote areas of Paraíba, a state in northeastern Brazil. They are everyday women and doctors. Pregnancy is a time of waiting and discovery. Together, they are moving science forward and learning how to survive the Zika virus epidemic in Brazil.

  • Debora Diniz
    Director
    A Casa dos Mortos, Uma Historia Severina, Quem São Elas, À Margem do Corpo, Habeas Corpus, Solitário Anônimo
  • Luciana Brito
    Assistant director
  • Luciana Brito
    Producer
  • Sinara Gumieri
    Producer
  • Valesca Dios
    Film editor
  • Eduardo de Andréa Kito
    Camera operators
  • Debora Diniz
    Camera operators
  • Giovana Andriolli
    Camera operators
  • Eduardo de Andréa Kito
    Photography director
  • Ramon Navarro
    Art director
  • Ricardo Câmera
    Sound editor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Zika
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 17, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Brazil
  • Language:
    Portuguese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Debora Diniz

Debora Diniz is an anthropologist by training, working on advancing women’s health and rights. Diniz is the deputy director of International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) and the founder of Brazilian feminist NGO Anis – Institute of Bioethics. She is a visiting professor at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Brown University. As a documentarian, her 9 films received more than 50 prizes, and almost 8 of them are available free of charge on Youtube. One of her documentary films on the right to abortion was the first film to ever be screened at a Brazilian Supreme Court public hearing. Diniz has strong research and advocacy experience working on issues such as sexual and reproductive rights, mental health, disability, prison system.

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