12 September 2025 — 09:30 pm
"Dios es una mujer" reconstructs the story of a lost film, made in 1975 by French filmmaker Pierre Dominique Gaisseau, who travelled to Panama to film the Kuna (also known as Guna) people. For a year, he lived with this community, which considers women sacred, with his wife and daughter, Akiko. However, due to a lack of resources, the project was abandoned, and the only copy of the film was seized by a bank, becoming a legend among the Kuna.
Decades later, Swiss-Panamanian filmmaker Andres Peyrot sets out to find this missing material, uncovering damaged and hidden copies and the emotional traces of a promise never fulfilled to the community.
The session will feature the participation of Cebaldo Inawinapi, a Guna writer, anthropologist and historian, who will lead the conversation with the audience. Inawinapi writes about his Guna village, advocates for an anthropology of urgencies, and collaborates with cinema, having participated in several films - including Dios es una mujer - and published a children's book.
“Dios es una mujer” is part of EscolaNova’s film cycle “The World’s Room”, a meeting space where cinema becomes a tool for reflection and change, curated by Candela Varas.
Know + The World's Room
/Genre Documentary
/Nacionality FR · CH · PA
/Year 2023
/Subtitles Portuguese · English
/Directed by Andres Peyrot