Direction assistant and editor: Sergio Goldenberg
Executive production: Breno Kuperman
Line production: Frederico Morais
Production assistants: Maria Inês de Resende, Regina Rocha y Sidimar Augusto
Cinematography: Breno Silveira
Aditional fotography: Guilherme Fassheber
Sound: Jorge Saldanha
Aditional sound: Flavio Ceccon
Sound assistant: Bruno Fernandes
Edition: Pablo Pessanha
Music composed and played by the Santa Marta’s citizens: Zé Diniz, Isaias de Paula, Edmilson dos Santos y J. Laureano
Production: Instituto de Estudos da Religião (ISER)
The director and his crew spend two weeks with the residents in Santa Marta, a favela in southern Rio. The result is a portrait of their everyday life: music, religion, violence, racism, partying, the utopias of the young… Early in the movie, the filmmaker spells out the shooting conditions. The crew ask local people to talk about the violence and discrimination they have been victims of. The interviews take place in people’s homes, in the streets and within the premises of the association bringing the favela dwellers together.
