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202294 minGdocumentary

Migration Gender Equality

A Train to Utopia

202294 minGdocumentary

Immigration and gender issues in Italy and Brazil are viewed through the lens of dignity, reflecting the countries' intricate histories.

Migration Gender Equality

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Beth Sá Freire,

Fabrizio Mambro

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Immigration and gender issues in Italy and Brazil are viewed through the lens of dignity, reflecting the countries' intricate histories.

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Beth Sá Freiredirector

Fabrizio Mambrodirector

Beth Sá Freirewriter

Fabrizio Mambrowriter

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Dignity is a good reason to fight, or to walk away? Past and present issues on immigration, gender, and dignity in countries - Italy and Brazil - that share many similarities, starting from a biased relationship with their national memory.

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