6th LGLFF - WARRIOR OF LIGHT

Ivonne Bezerra de Mello and the Director Monika Treut

WARRIOR OF LIGHT
Germany 2001,
Written, directed and produced by Monika Treut
90', color, 35mm, Dolby SR
International festival version: English and Brazilian Portuguese
with Engl. subtitles

WARRIOR OF LIGHT shot on location in Brazil is 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 street kids 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.

Cast: Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Alvaro Bezerra de Mello, Isabel Loefgren, Lucia Cavalcanti Luciana Martha, Ayrton S. Ribeiro, Dr.Evelyn Eisenstein, Paolo Longo, Campos Amarylis Vianna, Fernanda Gorette, and: the children of Projeto Uere, featuring: Tiago, Vanessa, Jessica, Joice, Pamela

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