Ainda Estou Aqui is already the winner of this whole awards season for being the only movie that managed to have indigenous people performing rituals for their Oscars win, mothers including Fernanda’s name in the blessings requests of Sunday’s mass and a massive Fernanda doll in the Olinda Carnival
There are flags with Fernanda Torres’ face on it, drawings of the two Fernandas on walls and homages being painted on buildings:
Now that’s what I call being a national pride <3
Honestly, the feeling of joy when we won the award for best international film is priceless.
It is a historic milestone, not only because it is the first Oscar we have received, but also because it is one of the few times that we were heard by the world.
Eunice Paiva's story reminds us and tells the world about the suffering that history should never be forgotten, because it still hurts us today. The military dictatorship still takes lives in the favelas, of impoverished people forgotten by the State.
When we are aware of the darkness, we can fight to see the light again.















