screening: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

Wednesday Mar 7, 7PM @ 2640 (2640 St. Paul St.)

After forty years, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1972) by legendary Brazilian filmmaker Nelson Pereira dos Santos still remains a dark classic of post-colonial film -- a Tropicalist allegory rooted in the conquests of the colonial past, the oppressive political realities of the twentieth century, and a cinema bent on devouring both.   As a shipwrecked Frenchman navigates the anthropophagic territories of what is now known as colonial Brazil, he is made a slave, married off, and then fattened up for an upcoming feast prepared by his captors, the Tupinamba.  This screening is presented by JHU's Program in Latin American Studies and Red Emma's.  Free, donations to support the space welcome!   Snacks will be available.

800 St. Paul St. * Baltimore, MD 21202 * (410) 230-0450 * info@redemmas.org

Red Emma's is open Monday through Friday from 10AM-10PM, Saturday from 10AM-8PM, and Sunday from 10AM-6PM. Our weekly collective meetings are Sunday at 7PM, and are open to anyone interested in the project, except for the first Sunday of every month, which is closed to everyone except collective members. Red Emma's is part of IU 660 of the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the only unions to recognize that worker collectives can stand in solidarity with those fighting the bosses as part of one big union.