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Brazil
1997, 6 min

Section: New Brazilian Documentary
Year: 2002

Three blind sisters sing on the streets of Campino Grande in the Brazilian state of Paraíba in order to earn enough to survive. In spite of their disability, they view the world with optimism.


Synopsis

Three blind sisters sing on the streets of Campino Grande in the Brazilian state of Paraiba in order to earn enough to survive. In spite of their disability they view the world with optimism. The movie won Best Documentary at the Rio de Janeiro IFF (1999), the Audience Award for Best Documentary and the Special Jury Prize at Recife, Brazil, Best Latin-American Documentary Film at Bilbao (1999) and Honourable Mention (for a short film) at the Golden Gate Awards in San Francisco (2000).

About the director

Roberto Berliner

Roberto Berliner (b. 1957) graduated in communications, and later in journalism from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In 1978 he began to work in film. For eight years he was director of Anteve, a firm specialising in music documentaries. His 1988 documentary Angola received the Special Prize from the Centre International de Creation Vidéo Montbéliard Belfort. He founded TV Zero in 1993.

About the film

Black & white, 35 mm

Section: New Brazilian Documentary
   
Director: Roberto Berliner
Screenplay: Mauricio Lissovsky, Liana Vital Brasil
Dir. of Photography: Jacques Cheuiche
Music: Marcos Suzano, Elvin Jones
Editor: Leonardo Domingues, Piu Gomes
Producer: Renato Pereira
Production: TV Zero c/o Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV
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