A feature-length documentary on Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, award-winning artist and human-rights activist who has gained international recognition for her work with street children in Rio. The film recounts how a woman turned her back on a wealthy lifestyle, driven into action by the execution of 8 streetkids by military police in 1993. In subsequent years Yvonne’s struggle to better the lives of endangered and abandoned children has led her to found “Projeto Uere” (“Children of Light”) a radical project committed to protection and education of kids who live in the streets and slums of Rio which has brought her into conflict with Brazil’s wealthy elite. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 8.0/10 | |
Released: | February 28, 2002 | |
Runtime: | 91 min | |
Genres: | Documentary | |
Companies: | New Yorker Films Hyena Films | |
Cast: | Yvonne Bezerra de Mello Álvaro Bezerra de Mello | |
Crew: | Monika Treut | |
ffRyDe'85 : Pretty tired of Jack Black. Good movie for the family I guess.