No devagar depressa dos tempos

In Guaribas, by the Confusion Mountain range, in the sertão region of Piau is where "slavery-times" remains in the present, something begins to change. Speaking with women of two different generations, we hear how life was, how it is -and how it could be- for those residents who have just crossed over from abject poverty. On one side is drought, alcoholism, domestic violence, and famine. On the other, state benefits, income, education, and self-esteem. On the threshold between what was and what will be, we witness a time of rapid change as time floes slowly by. (Guadalajara International Film Festival)