Portuguese Film Florbela at the New Bedford Free Public Library on Thursday, March 8th, 2018,

International Women’s Day

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press is a proud partner of this screening and discussion, with actor Ivo Canelas, of the Portuguese film Florbela, directed by Vicente Alves do Ó.

Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poet Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism, and love.