Pio's Movie

The city of Brasilia hoped to become, from its very architecture, the expression of modern urban conception and an egalitarian society. However, neither the workers hired to pursue this project, nor the constant migratory flow that took place from the beginning, fitted in the government’s plan. In 1971, it began what was known as the “Campaign to Eradicate Invaders”. Together with other locals, the director reflects on the history, the transformations and the future of this place where the hypocritical official jingle “A cidade é uma só!” is no longer heard.

To start again, one has to destroy.

Dadinho, an old samba composer, is taken by his granddaughter to his brother’s funeral, composer from a rival samba school. Along this path a history of rivalry, samba and betrayal emerges from the past.

One day in the São Paulo's most unequal neighborhood.

The struggle of a small group of blacksmiths trapped between keeping a long going strike with claims for better fees and the necessity of getting back to work when there's no money left for basic necessities.

So we call the circus our world, it's our little world. Outside the fence is the world that is the world. Inside the fence is our world.

In the 1960s, a creative production of erotic comics emerged in Brazil. But censorship conspired to bring them to an end. Satã, Chico de Ogum, Beto Sonhador, Maria Erótica and other characters join the comic artists in this battle against the dictatorship in this documentary where the worst fiction is reality.