Letters to a Dictatorship

Letters to a Dictatorship

60 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2006

A hundred letters written by Portuguese women during the Salazar dictatorship were found by chance in a second-hand bookshop. By confronting today the women who wrote these letters with the ghosts of the past, and revealing important archive material, Letters to a Dictatorship takes us on an in-depth journey through the obscurantism that dominated Portugal for more than 50 years.

Letters to a Dictatorship

60 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2006

Letters to a Dictatorship
A hundred letters written by Portuguese women during the Salazar dictatorship were found by chance in a second-hand bookshop. By confronting today the women who wrote these letters with the ghosts of the past, and revealing important archive material, Letters to a Dictatorship takes us on an in-depth journey through the obscurantism that dominated Portugal for more than 50 years.
Producers ADR Productions, Faux - Edições e Audiovisuais, Neon Rouge Production
Original title Cartas a Uma Ditadura
Directors Inês de Medeiros
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