What Words Can Do

Dir. Luísa Sequeira, Luísa Marinho, Portugal 2022, 76 min.

A powerful documentary about the strength of literature, female solidarity, and resistance against oppression. The film tells the story of three women named Maria — the authors of New Portuguese Letters, a book that was immediately banned by the political police (PIDE), and for which the authors were put on trial for crimes against morality. Their courageous act sparked a wave of international protest and became a milestone in the feminist movement of the 20th century.