While We Are Here

“While we are here” mixes fiction, travelogue, film diary and documentary to tell the story Lamis, a Lebanese woman who just moved to New York and Wilson, a Brazilian man living illegally for 10 years in the same city. The film narrates the story of their relationship in a personal way by articulating macro-political issues with intimate ones.

• Clarissa CampolinaDirector
• Luiz PrettiDirector
• Clarissa CampolinaWriter
• Luiz PrettiWriter

• Mary GhattasLamis
• Marcelo Souza e SilvaWilson
• Grace Passô(Narrator)
• Gláucia VandeveldMãe de Wilson
• Theo Campolina PrettiOmar