Since the inaugural session in 2024 of Antuca (1992, Peru), directed by María Barea with the collective of women filmmakers Warmi Cine y Video, in collaboration with an organisation dedicated to the empowerment of migrant and indigenous domestic workers, Doc’s Kingdom has done outreach at the Women’s Prison in Odemira. In the last two years, six more thematically varied screenings and debates have followed.

Bringing conversations about film to people secluded by the carceral state has fostered expansive debates, alongside collective discussions around intersectional feminism, image production and representation among many other themes—in what has been a generative exchange of experiences, worldviews, and dreams. These sessions at Estabelecimento Prisional Feminino de Odemira have stemmed from the desire to extend and expand Doc’s Kingdom’s activities in the region of Odemira beyond the annual seminar and its habitual publics. They allow us to continuously question how publics and counter-publics are constituted and think critically about programming.

Recent programming has included films like Mulheres, Terra e Revolução [Women, Land, Revolution] by Cecília Honório e Rita Calvário (2025, Portugal) and One Hundred Children Waiting For a Train, by Ignacio Agüero (1988, Chile), among others. The next session at Estabelecimento Prisional Feminino de Odemira will take place on September 17, 2026.

This is a voluntary endeavour, organised with the institutional support of the Município de Odemira (Odemira municipality) and with the periodic joint effort of Cinema Fulgor.