I'm Still Here (Ainda estou aqui)

A woman with dark hair and dark eyes with a somber expression.

This Oscar-award winning film, based on a true story, is centered around the transformation Eunice Paiva experiences after the disappearance of her husband, congressman Rubens Paiva, at the hands of Brazil’s military dictatorship. In the fallout of this disappearance, the family must adapt to their new reality. After also being imprisoned by the dictatorship, Eunice turns to activism, dedicating herself to exposing the regime’s oppression.

Ainda estou aqui intertwines the realms of the personal and the political, exploring the affective registers of everyday life marked by a constant resistance against tyranny.

The film will be introduced by Denise Osborne, Senior Lecturer of Portuguese Language in the Department of Romance Studies.

Free admission! Sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.

Part of our "Imaginaries of Resistance" series. In Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles. Courtesy of Sony Picture Classics.

Winner of the 2025 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.