Saturday, July 31 @ 7:00PM

HUMAN BEHAVIOR
In 1993, death squads opened fire on a group of sleeping street children camped on the steps of a cathedral in Rio de Janeiro’s central financial district, killing six. This event, later called the Candelaria massacre, is vividly depicted in this short film about the plight of street children in Brazil. By Flavio Leandro, Brazil, 1995, 12mins, silent film.

THE EXCEPTION AND THE RULE
On March 13, 1992, Vicente Francisco do Espirito Santo, a Black Brazilian who worked in a government-owned electricity company, was fired from his job.  It did not take long for him to realize that his dismissal was directly linked to his skin color.  Encouraged by his union and a strong Black empowerment movement, he began a judicial process which he won, and as a result was reinstated in his former position.  This informative documentary about an unknown victory illustrates how the courts of Brazil did recognize the company's prejudice and racism in a country where such realities are usually dismissed as atypical. By Joel Zito Araujo, Brazil, 1997, 38mins, documentary in Portuguese with English subtitles.

HEAVEN GARDEN
A man’s life is seriously disturbed when he is robbed on the bus on his way to work. By Ari Candido Fernades, Brazil, 2010, 15 mins., fiction Portuguese with English subtitles.