The largest documentary festival in North America, the Hot Docs, based in Toronto, presents Brazilians documentaries on its 17th edition.
B1, Citizen Boilesen, Beyond Ipanema, Secrets of the tribe and Geral, were th e selected projects, but there is also Waste land, an international production
7News interviewed some of them on this special edition.
The first interviewee is Chaim Litewski, director/producer of Citizen Biolesen, a film about the life of Henning Albert Boilesen, using his life in Brazil as the field to discuss the years of dictatorship. Boilesen was involved with repression apparatus forces, like many entrepreneurs who supported financially the Oban (Operaçnão bandeirante) the right wing repression arm, which tortured and killed many ‘leftists’ in Brazil between 1964-1984.
A study done by Ryerson researchers on recent Latin-American immigrants in Toronto is alarming; 56% of this population lacks food for their basic needs causing stress and bad nutrition.
The Brazilian gold olympic medalist swimmer César Cielo came to Canada and carried the Olympic Flame through New Brunswick’s Bay of Fundy, home of the biggest tide on the world.
MPB singer Gal Costa sang at Massey Hall, she gave an interview and spoke about Tropicalia, her love for music, and Bossa Nova.
On the weekend of September 7th, 7News watched Brazilians had their special celebrations in Toronto. Two open festivals, one film festival and an art exhibition, a human wave wearing yellow jerseys painted Toronto streets. 7News has also info about the H1N1 vaccines, the swine flu, which will be applied to school-age children soon, Toronto waits for Ontario’s signal to start the vaccination on this group. Gal Costa, an icon of Brazilan popular music, will be playing in Toronto on November 15 at Massey Hall, Alan from Samba Toronto brought her show to Toronto and tells you about it.
