Sulanca
The Feira da Sulanca still exists as a famous market in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, that sells and exports items for the national clothing industry. While these markets were once an unfriendly place for women, who were struggling to make a living, Katia Mesel’s ‘Sulanca’ documents the economic revolution of the women of Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: seamstresses who, through collaboration and willpower, managed to make lives for themselves and change the socioeconomic landscape of Brazil’s most neglected region.
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Kátia Mesel Director · Sany Lafon Padua Cinematographer Severino Dadá Editor
First release January 1, 1986 · Produced in Brazil · Production Embrafilme, Fundarpe
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Arrecife Produções Cinematográficas
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Embrafilme
Production
Fundarpe
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Brazil
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Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · January 1, 1986
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No release date listed for United States.
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