End of Silence

Synopsis

END OF SILENCE is a 52-minute documentary whose main theme centers on illegal abortion in Brazil, which has been made a crime in 1940. Breaking the taboo for the first time ever, women say to the camera how and why they had abortions. They are women from various occupations, ages and social classes, from Brazil Northeast and Southeast, who remarkably talk about what happens when you are faced with an unwanted pregnancy and opt for abortion.

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  • Direction, Production and Script: THEREZA JESSOUROUN
  • Consultants: Kátia Ratto (Fiocruz), CDD - Católicas Pelo direito de Decidir, CFÊMEA – Centro de Feminista de Estudos e Assessoria, IPAS Brasil
  • Cameraman ALBERTO BELLEZIA
  • Sound: MARCOS CANTANHEDE (RIO), GUILHERME MARTINS (SÃO PAULO)
  • Editing: ADRIANA BORGES, THEREZA JESSOUROUN
  • Sound Editing and Mixing: DAMIÃO LOPES
  • Colour Correction: GERSON SILVA
  • Art designer: ADRIANA RIBEIRO
  • Production Assistant : THALES DE MORAES
  • Advogacy Consultant: DARIO CORREIA , RODRIGO FERRANTE PERZ
  • Sound: Stéreo 2.0
  • Year of production: 2008
  • BETA DIGITAL / DV CAM / DVD
  • English Subtitled
  • 1:85
Winner project of Health Ministry Competition for Documentaries Production, 2008. Boradcasted in the Brazilian Channels: TV Cultura, Canal Brasil, TV Câmara, Canal Futura, TV Educativa da Bahia (IRDEB).

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