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Warrior of light /

Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, a wealthy socialite, spends her days working with street kids in the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro, risking great danger in slums terrorized by drug lords.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Hyena Films (Firm), New Yorker Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Treut, Monika, Mello, Yvonne Bezerra de, Mello, Alvardo Bezerra de, Loefgren, Isabel, Martha, Luciana, Cavalcanti, Lucia, Ribeiro, Ayrton S.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Portuguese
Language Notes:In English and Portuguese with English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : New Yorker Video, [2007]
Subjects:
Mello, Yvonne Bezerra de.
Abandoned children > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Street children > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Abandoned children > Abuse of > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Street children > Care > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Social conditions.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Description
Summary:Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, a wealthy socialite, spends her days working with street kids in the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro, risking great danger in slums terrorized by drug lords.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a documentary in 2001.
Special features: "Christmas in Uerê", a 24-minute update on the children.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Awards:Winner: Audience Award, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Production Credits:Cinematography, Elfi Mikesch ; editor, Andrew Bird ; original music, Jack Motta.
ISBN:1567304567
9781567304565