
February 13, 1925 · 101 years old
Elizabeth Altino Teixeira (Sapé, February 13, 1925) is a Brazilian rural worker and activist. She confronted a family of small landowners when she married João Pedro Teixeira, a black landless worker. Alongside him, she campaigned in the Peasant Leagues of Paraíba. In 1962, after her husband was mur…

A filmmaker returns to Northeast Brazil after twenty years to resume his film (a profile of assassinated peasant leader João Pedro Teixeira) which was shut down by a right-wing military coup in 1964.