Carolina Pereira
Carolina Salgueiro Pereira | |
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| Occupation | Documentarian |
Carolina Pereira (also known as Carolina Salgueiro Pereira) is a Portuguese documentary filmmaker, writer, podcast host, and public commentator whose work focuses on ethical storytelling, political analysis, and human rights. Her practice addresses themes such as Palestine, displacement, migration, humanitarian ethics, and gender equality. She is the founder and creative director of Don’t Skip Humanity, an independent media and storytelling platform.
Career
She is also the founder and creative director of Don’t Skip Humanity, an organisation dedicated to ethical storytelling, human rights advocacy, and documentary production.[1][2]
Pereira is a published cronista (columnist) in Portuguese media. Her opinion pieces and essays have appeared in Público, Gerador, and Comunidade Cultura e Arte, where she writes on political resistance, colonial legacies, humanitarian practices, gender equality, and international solidarity.[3][1][4] Pereira has appeared as a commentator and interviewee on Portuguese national television, including CNN Portugal.[5]
Documentary Film
Free Fish
Pereira is the co-director and producer of Free Fish, a Portuguese–Palestinian short documentary co-directed with Palestinian filmmaker Bisan Owda.The film focuses on everyday life in Gaza and seeks to humanise statistical narratives of war through personal stories.[6][7][8]
What We Carried
Pereira filmed What We Carried entirely with a mobile phone, which focuses on displacement, memory, and women’s lived experiences.[9][10]
References
- ^ a b Monteiro, Renata (2021-03-11). "Carolina foi mostrar à ONU que os negócios sociais "não podem ser um privilégio"". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ Barros, Lís (2021-06-01). "Carolina Pereira junta-se ao combate à desigualdade de género na Women in Global Health". Comunidade Cultura e Arte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- ^ "Carolina Salgueiro Pereira". Comunidade Cultura e Arte (in Portuguese).
- ^ "Search for "bitaites da resistencia"". Gerador (in European Portuguese).
- ^ Free Fish, a curta que quer dar "nomes e caras às estatísticas" da guerra de Israel em Gaza (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 March 2026 – via cnnportugal.iol.pt.
- ^ "Curta-metragem luso-palestiniana de Bisan Owda estreia-se em festivais na Turquia e EUA". Observador (in European Portuguese).
- ^ "Activista portuguesa Carolina Pereira escolhida para ser ouvida por António Guterres e líderes mundiais". Comunidade Cultura e Arte (in Portuguese). 2021-03-04.
- ^ Free Fish (2025). Retrieved 4 February 2026 – via letterboxd.com.
- ^ "JULY - JULY 2025". Swedish International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ "What We Carried – African SmartFilm International Film Festival". Retrieved 15 March 2026.