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.
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Debora DinizDirectorA Casa dos Mortos, Uma Historia Severina, Quem São Elas, À Margem do Corpo, Habeas Corpus, Solitário Anônimo
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Luciana BritoAssistant director
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Luciana BritoProducer
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Sinara GumieriProducer
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Valesca DiosFilm editor
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Eduardo de Andréa KitoCamera operators
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Debora DinizCamera operators
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Giovana AndriolliCamera operators
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Eduardo de Andréa KitoPhotography director
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Ramon NavarroArt director
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Ricardo CâmeraSound editor
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Project Title (Original Language):Zika
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:29 minutes 32 seconds
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Completion Date:April 17, 2016
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Production Budget:15,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Brazil
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Country of Filming:Brazil
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Language:Portuguese
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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.