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In 1934, the Portuguese New State displayed, at the Portuguese Colonial Exhibition, the ultimate symbol of its virility in Rosinha, a native of what was then Portuguese Guinea. The film questions the idea of Portugal's so-called "gentle racism", by looking back at more than a century of colonial discourse.

Marta Pessoa was born in Lisbon in 1974. She studied cinema at the ESTC and has worked as Director of Photography since 1996. In 2013, she formed the production company TRÊS VINTÉNS along with Rita Palma and João Pinto Nogueira. Among other films, directed LISBON’S UNDER ARREST (2009), WARRIORS (2011), THE LURKING FEAR (2015), DAMSEL WARRIOR (2020), A NAME FOR WHAT I AM (2022) and ROSINHA AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS (2023).