• Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light



  • Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light



  • Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light



  • Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light



  • Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light



  • Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light



  • Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light



  • Warrior of Light

    Warrior of Light



Warrior of Light

by Monika Treut

Warrior of Light

Germany | 2001 | 90:00 min

Formal Categories

Biography / Portrait Human Interest Society Human Rights Social Issue

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
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 streetkids 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.
Festivals/Awards
Toronto // Montreal // Palm Springs // Berlin // Munich // Thessaloniki // Rio de Janeiro // Sao Paulo // Cambridge // Jerusalem // Taipei // Lisbon // Porto // New York // Hong Kong and others.
Cast and Crew
  • Director Monika Treut (Hyena Films e.K.) (Buch & Produktion)
  • Director of Photography Elfi Mikesch
  • Main cast Yvonne Bezerra de Mello
  • Protagonist Alvaro Bezerra de Mello, Isabel Loefgren, Lucia Cavalcanti, Luciana Martha, Aryton S. Ribeiro, Dr. Evelyn Eisenstein, Paolo Longo, Campos Amarylis Vianna, Fernanda Gorette, Tiago Vanessa Jessica Joice Pamela (Kinder von Projeto Uerê)
  • Assistant director Luciana Martha
  • Associate producer Madeleine Dewald
  • Editor Andrew Bird
  • Sound Andreas Pietsch
  • Score Jack Motta
Original Languages

Portuguese

English

German

Production Company
Hyena Films e.K.
Fettstr. 5a, 20537 Hamburg

Phone: +49 40 43095458

info@hyenafilms.com
http://www.hyenafilms.com
Involved Companies
Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH - FFHSH
Germany
www.ffhsh.de
Filmbüro NW
Germany
www.filmbuero-nw.de
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