Warrior of Light

10.0(1)20011h 31m1

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.

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Language
German
  • woman director

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Director

Monika Treut

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Germany

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  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical13 Sept 2001
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical28 Feb 2002

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Warrior of Light was released on 13 September 2001.

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