A poetic and personal cinematic meditation on change, social inequality and loss, the documentary follows the journey of filmmaker Denise Zmekhol, daughter of architect Roger Zmekhol (1928-1976), as she discovers that her late father’s most famous building, a modernist glass skyscraper in the heart of São Paulo, is occupied by hundreds of homeless families. Delicately interweaving the personal and the political, “Skin of Glass” is a profound and moving reflection on Brazil’s evolution through times of darkness, transformation and rebirth.
Pele de Vidro
2023
General Audiences
90 min.
Documentary
Brazil, USA
Brazil, architecture, social inequality, female directors, documentary
Colorido, P&B
Denise Zmekhol
Ellen Bruno, Josh Peterson, Denise Zmekhol
Leonardo Maestrelli, Heloisa Passos, Otavio Pupo, Stève Siracuse, Jacob Solitrenick
Josh Peterson
Denise Zmekhol
Denise Zmekhol Produções, ZDFILMS, iTVS
Beto Villares
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