Movie & Yoga night: Women of Earth

FRIDAY 14/2
18:30 Yoga Roots
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Welcome to a Friday evening you won’t forget. IFEMA is happy to be collaborating with Yoga Roots and to invite you to a very special movie night, followed by some mindful movements and relaxing yin yoga, where yoga teacher Tereze Kestere will guide you to allow the vibes, colors and sounds from the movie to settle and create a blissful relaxation.
You can look forward to a cozy, creative and inspiring evening that will stimulate all of your senses.

18.00 Doors open
18.30 Film screening followed be a yin yoga session
(suitable for beginners)

Director Mayara Boaretto, Isadora Carneiro, Katia Lund Country USA, Brazil Year 2019 Runtime 71 min Genre Documentary Language English, Portuguese Subtitles English

A young Brazilian woman with a dream of becoming a midwife travels to indigenous quilombolas (communities founded in 19th century by runaway slaves) and rural communities, in search of the ancient wisdom of traditional midwives.

Mayara grew up in Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil and Latin America. She was a teenager surrounded by millions of people, technology, and everything the modern world can offer but she still felt empty. In search of someone who could answer her questions, she goes back to the roots of Brazil, to indigenous quilombolas and rural communities. On this journey, she meets women who show her how the wisdom of the past can heal the future. They are traditional midwives, healers, and community leaders. They are keepers of an ancient knowledge that we cannot afford to lose.

Screening films made by female directors since 2006