Warrior of Light

Film Info

Germany 2001 | 90 min. Director: Monika Treut

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Production Company

Hyena Films e.K.

Fettstr. 5a
20537 Hamburg Phone +49 40 43095458 http://www.hyenafilms.com

Involved in Financing

Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH - FFHSH

Friedensallee 14-16
22765 Hamburg

Filmbüro NW

Im Mediapark 7
50670 Köln

links / references

youtu.be/nPeHpikT9FU

Warrior of Light

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.

Cast & 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 (Cut)

Andrew Bird
Sound

Andreas Pietsch
Original Score

Jack Motta

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.