GAZE It’s Not The First Time We Fight For Our Love

CLUB 18+120 min

FEATURE:

It’s Not The First Time We Fight For Our Love Director Luis Carlos de Alencar Brazil, 2022 1hr 44m

Drawing on a wealth of incredible archival imagery, personal testimony and public record, this epic and engrossing documentary recounts the long complex histories of LGBTQ+ persecution and resistance in Brazil. Director, screenwriter and researcher Luis Carlos de Alencar delves deep to chart the long-held societal prejudices against the LGBTQ population in Brazil which came to the fore following the coup of 1964 at which point queerness came to represent the enemy of the traditional family, conservative values, morality and good behaviour – a sadly familiar tale. The journey from then until now is explosive, terrifying, moving and triumphant – but never over.

The emergence of the Brazilian LGBT movement is a moving and powerful experience and the richness of this film’s tapestry acts also a call to arms for resistance and resilience today, characteristics that have defined Brazil’s vast queer communities. As a city with close

community ties to Brazilian LGBTQ+ life, we hope our Dublin audiences will come along with us on an incredible eye-opening historical journey of discovery and pride. As Alencar writes, “Being a filmmaker in Brazil now means dealing not with just one challenge, but with several. However, it is precisely in this moment of intense crisis that we cannot give up.”

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