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Goanet joins Noel Rebello to raise money for Daddy's Home (Margao, Goa) Sponsor Noel as he climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,882m or 19,298 ft) Make a donation at www.Goanet.org, click on MAKE A DONATION, state "Daddy's Home" in the Donation comments For more information see: http://bit.ly/SupportDaddysHome --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Friends, Instituto Camões is organizing a lecture-cum-cinema presented by Dr. Fátima Velez de Castro from Centre for Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Coimbra , Wednesday, 22nd September, at 6.00 pm. Dr. Fátima Velez de Castro interprets the film «Get a life» (2001) by João Caniço in terms of “TERRITORIES OF THE PORTUGUESE EMIGRATION. SPATIAL AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF A COMUNITY ABROAD” and she will analyze in her lecture the question of identity associated with the Portuguese communities abroad. Entrance is free. «Get a Life» (Enganar a Vida) (2001) by João Caniço (Portuguese, subtitles in English, color, 110 mns), with Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz and Teresa Madruga. Synopsis: During one winter night, a Portuguese teenager, Alvaro, loses his life in a fight between a youth gang and the cops in a suburb of Paris . Cidalia, a 36 year old cleaning woman, his mother, decides to defy the code of silence of the Portuguese community and tries to find the truth. She losses her friends, her job and her family but gains a life Kind regards. -- Delfim correia da Silva CLPInstituto Camões Agva House, 9/32 Dr.Dada Vaidya Road Panjim 403001 - Goa