Rising Sun Blues

Maria Roxo, Renata Ferraz

IndieLisboa 2022 • National Competition

Portugal, Documentary, 2022, 84′

A first feature film that engages in a process of knowledge sharing between two women with different occupations — sex work and cinematographic work — that try to start a dialogue, while both filming and allowing themselves to be filmed.

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