I Am Maria relates how a victory — winning a scholarship to an elite private school — may become an obstacle race for an impoverished young person.
Clara Linhart
Director and producer. Graduate of Social Sciences at PUC-Rio and Documentary Cinema at FGV. Her initiation was as director's assistant in Elite Squad (2007) and Neighbouring Sounds (2012), among others. Co-directed the documentary O Mundo de um Filme (2007). Her first feature, La Manuela (2017), was exhibited in national and international festivals. She is co-director of Sunday (2018), her first fictional feature, exhibited in Venice and awarded at Rio Int'l Film Festival.
