Interview with Yvonne Bezerra De Mello

Interview with Yvonne Bezerra De Mello

2025 · 33 min · Documentary

The artist Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, who, on her return to Brazil after several years living in Europe, was confronted with the situation of violence against children, was a central figure in denouncing the massacre of minors in the Candelaria Church (1993). This is a lucid and raw interview interspersed with street footage, living with the reality of abandoned children in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.

Directed by Joaquim Pinto

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