The Blue Apples in Goa
Screening of As Maçãs Azuis (Blue Apples), a documentary by Portuguese filmmaker Ricardo Leite, at Fundação Oriente.
Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts invites you to the screening of As Maçãs Azuis (Blue Apples), a documentary by Portuguese filmmaker Ricardo Leite, at Fundação Oriente on 03 August 2024 at 5:30 pm.
As Maçãs Azuis uncovers the untold stories of Goa and Portugal through the lens of Edila Gaitonde. A documentary filmmaker herself, Edila created amateur Super 8 and 8mm films, which were later discovered by Ricardo Leite. Leite used portions of this found footage to create a documentary about her life.
About Edila Gaitonde
Edila Gaitonde (1920–2020) left Faial Island in the Azores in 1943 to study piano in Lisbon, where she met her future husband, Pundalik Gaitonde (1913–1992), a physician, anticolonial activist, and writer from Ponda, Goa.
Film Details
Directed by: Ricardo Leite
Cast: Edila Gaitonde
Language: Portuguese with English subtitles
Duration: 1 hr 22 mins
Presented by: Film historian Maria do Carmo Piçarra
The screening is in partnership with Fundação Oriente, Delegation in India, and is part of the exhibition ArQhive: Early-Modern-Contemporary Visions, opening on 09 August 2024 at Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts.
Venue
Fundação Oriente India
175, Filipe Neri Xavier Road, Fontainhas, Mala, Panaji, Goa 403001
Details
Limited seats | Open to all!
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