BARBS, WASTELANDS

Synopsis

In the end of the 19th century the peasants in Portugal started a courageous struggle for better work conditions. After generations of starving misery, the Carnation Revolution sowed the promise of an Agrarian Reform. Mostly in the Alentejo region, these rural workers occupied the huge properties where they were once submitted to the power of their Masters. Perhaps the lost seed of other fruits…

Director Biography

Marta Mateus born in Alentejo in Portugal in 1984. She studied philosophy at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, drawing and photography at Ar.Co and music and theatre.