Anielle Franco tells what it's like to fight like a girl

Sister of councilwoman brutally murdered in March talks about sexism and raising her daughter.

During the 16 days of activism for non-violence against women, PEITA publishes its third mini-doc “What is it like to fight like a girl?”. The one who talks about her daily clashes is the master of Literature and Journalism, Anielle Franco, sister of the councilor, Marielle Franco, who was murdered on March 14, 2018. In the video, Anielle talks about how it is to raise her two-year-old daughter without the presence of father and raising a feminist in a world hostile to women.

Shortly after the murder of councilor Marielle Franco, Karina Gallon, president of PEITA, created art with the phrase: Lute como Marielle Franco to be glued to the streets like lambe-lambe and also produced t-shirts to present to the family and campaign team. This was her first contact with Anielle Franco, Marielle's sister. In May of this year, Gallon went with the PEITA minidoc team to Rio de Janeiro to record her and the councilor's partner Mônica Benício's testimonies for the documentary.

“Anielle reached out to me to say thank you. I asked about the possibility of doing an interview, she agreed. Simple as that, without forcing the bar”, says Karina. The PEITA team, made up of the psychologist Larissa Tomass, the cameraman and producer Leticiah Futata and Karina, here also as a producer, were received at Mônica's house on a Saturday after lunch. Anielle and Mônica were recorded together and separately for the PEITA documentary, where they talked about feminism, black women and the favela.

Who conducts the interviews is Lari Tomass, based on her experience in experiences and service in the office. “I went to listen and concentrate on what she was saying. My concern was to welcome, approach her with affection and respect, without prodding or exploiting”, comments Lari. The idea was not to do something journalistic and Karina believes that's why they were so well received. “It was all very personal. We arrived at a super sore moment”, emphasizes Karina.

About the documentary, Lari Tomass adds: “we are opening spaces for speech, giving visibility to women, discussing our role in society, telling stories. We've been silenced for years and we won't be anymore. I wish I could interview all the women in the world.”

This is a teaser of the documentary that the brand will release in 2019, still without a date. This year, the testimonial of the Afro-entrepreneur, Aline de Castro Farias, who organizes the Queen's Day in Curitiba, a project that offers a day of beauty, fashion, music, lunch and dance for women living on the streets, has already been released. In June, Mônica Benício spoke about how being a shoe is revolutionary.



Fight Like Marielle Franco T-Shirt
After the architect Mônica Benício started to use the phrase in several acts, many people began to ask for the production of this print. After Roger Waters wore the PEITA at his show at Maracanã, requests tripled! “We decided that we were going to produce, but with the family's consent and in a way that would help them to continue Marielle Franco's work”, explains Gallon.

The “Fight Like Marielle Franco” T-shirt will have part of its production donated to the councilwoman's family to continue her work and seek justice. Profit from sales made through the website will be donated to actions that empower black girls and teenagers from the outskirts of Curitiba, as is the case of the Usina de Ideias project, in the Parolin neighborhood, a partner of PEITA.

More than 70% of the phrases sold by the protest brand are partnerships, that is, part of the production or profit is donated to encourage causes and social institutions that work with people in vulnerable situations. Peita also encourages other projects such as the Feminist Front of Curitiba, Coletivo Cássia and Geração Bizu, a project that inserts women who have been imprisoned in the labor market. One of them even joined the team and now sews PEITA's ecobags.