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SOAP is a film in four episodes in which a group of isolated, left-winger urbanites imagine how to create a telenovela, or soap, to infiltrate the conspiratorial far right in Bolsonaro’s Brazil. Can a coalition of activists, artists and writers avoid tripping over their own assumptions and privileges to form something persuasive? Can they join forces to beat a populist system at their own game? SOAP is a collaboration between Tamar Guimarães, Luisa Cavanagh and Rusi Millán Pastori and was filmed in Berlin and São Paulo during the first covid19 lockdown in 2020.

TAMAR GUIMARÃES (b. Belo Horizonte 1967, BR, lives and works in Berlin) is a visual artist working with film and other forms of time based media. She often works with actors alongside non-actors in semi-fictional films exploring socio-political dynamics both residual and contemporary, and situations within art, architecture and the institutions that present them. Her work has been included at the 33rd, 31st and the 29th São Paulo Biennial; the Belgian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennial; the 55th Venice Biennial; the LACMA (USA); the Guggenheim Museum, NY (USA); the SculptureCenter (NY/USA); The Renaissance Society (Chicago); the 7th Gwangju Biennial (SK); Frac/Le Plateau, Paris (FR); CAC Synagogue de Delme (FR). Solo exhibitions include Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid and the Jeu de Paume Satellite, Paris. LUISA CAVANAGH (1979, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a visual artist, colourist, and cinematographer. She studied Cinematography at National Film School. Focused on collaborative work, she joined 'Grupo Mexa' to develop the film/performance 'Cancionero Terminal 10Mg'. She is a co-founder of 'Eterno work in progress', an artist-run cine-club that explores the limits of cinema exhibition, live music and moving images. RUSI MILLÁN PASTORI (1976, Argentina) is a writer, film director and director of photography. Actual political scenarios are a common thread throughout his work, as chronicles that combine different situations and characters. He studied cinematography at the National School of Experimentation and Cinematographic Realization in Buenos Aires. He has directed short and medium-length films which were shown in festivals such as the BAFICI in Buenos Aires and at the 41st Mostra in São Paulo.