Rosinha and Other Wild Animals

In 1934, the New State of Portugal exhibited Rosinha at the Portuguese Colonial Exhibition, presenting her as an exotic trophy. Rosinha was a native of what was then Portuguese Guinea. Marta Pessoa uses archival images from the event to question the "kind racism” of Portugal, a country with over a century of colonial discourse. However, the film broadens its gaze to include objects of memory, and conservation spaces highlighted by museums, unveiling a repetition of Rosinhas that resonate through photographs kept by colonial war soldiers and imperialistic ideas that endure like dissected animals.