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(water bubbling)

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(water splashes)

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(poignant music)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(waves roaring)

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(poignant music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(poignant music continues)

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(wind whooshing softly)

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- [Denise] I left Brazil for
a new life in California,

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with only memories of my father,

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the bitter and the sweet.

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(poignant rhythmic music)

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But now, so many years later,

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news arrives about my father\'s legacy

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that reopens childhood wounds

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and calls me back home to São Paulo,

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searching for my father
in the work he created.

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(poignant rhythmic music continues)

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This is what brought me back.

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It\'s shocking to see

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what\'s happened to my father\'s
architectural masterpiece,

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knowing what it once was.

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(poignant rhythmic music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(poignant rhythmic music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(poignant rhythmic music continues)

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- [Denise] A vision of the future,

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24 stories above São Paulo.

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The Pele de Vidro,

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Skin of Glass.

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My father designed it in the 1960s,

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and I was conceived at the
same time as the building.

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(calm music)

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My father was everything a
daughter could have dreamed of:

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playful, charming, affectionate.

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He was born in Paris,

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to parents who immigrated from Syria,

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and then, made their new life in Brazil.

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Curious, determined, the top of his class,

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he became a prolific architect
as soon as he graduated.

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But who was my father as a young man?

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Going through these
photos makes me realize

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how little I know about his past.

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We never got a chance to
talk about his early years.

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At 29, he met my mother, Graca.

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Like him, a child of
Syrian-Lebanese immigrants.

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And together, they began building dreams.

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By their wedding day,

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my father had already
designed our family home.

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(calm music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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- [Denise] Everything felt
possible in those days.

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It was a time of great hope
and optimism in Brazil.

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(Astrud Gilberto singing \"Girl
from Ipanema\" in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(bossa nova music)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(flowing music)

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- [Denise] Brasilia, the new capital city,

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was built from the ground
up in three short years.

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Our country was moving toward

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modernization and social reform

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after centuries of extreme inequality.

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My parents visited Brasilia
during construction.

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I can only imagine how this
epic project inspired my father.

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At the age of 32,

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he was beginning the most
significant work of his lifetime:

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the Pele de Vidro.

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(flowing music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(flowing music)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(mysterious music)

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(mysterious music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(mysterious music continues)

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(bombs explode)

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(people screaming)

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- [Denise] Construction
of the Pele de Vidro

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was almost finished in 1964,

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when Brazil\'s military staged a coup,

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with backing from the United States.

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(people clamoring)

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(engine roaring)

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It was the height of the Cold War,

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and the U.S. feared

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that Brazil was leaning toward communism.

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(people shouting)

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(tank roaring)

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21 years of dictatorship followed,

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brutally ending Brazil\'s
hopes for social reform.

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(soft poignant music)

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Our promising, tropical
democracy vanished.

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(soft poignant music continues)

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But I was living in a child\'s world,

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safe in the home my father built,

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surrounded by family and friends.

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Yara, our closest neighbor,

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was like another mother to me.

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(Yara chuckles)

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(soft poignant music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(bossa nova music)

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(singing in Portuguese)

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(artillery fires)

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(artillery fires)

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(artillery fires)

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(people screaming)

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- [Denise] In time

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I began to understand
what was really going on.

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The military censored the media

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and tortured, killed,

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and exiled people they
said were communists.

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My father\'s colleagues at
the School of Architecture

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remember that time well.

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(ominous music)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(birds chirping)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(samba music)

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(singing in Portuguese)

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(singing in Portuguese continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(singing in Portuguese continues)

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(samba music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(singing in Portuguese continues)

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(samba music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(samba music fades out)

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(engine roaring)

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(hooters honk)

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- [Denise] As a child,

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I often passed by the Pele De Vidro,

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but I never went inside.

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Now I come here hoping to meet the people

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who have made this place their home.

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But I can\'t get in.

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I need the approval of
the occupation leaders.

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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- [Denise] So I wait,
looking in from outside.

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I hear Portuguese, Spanish, French,

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kids playing,

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a mother calling her child.

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I\'m so curious about the lives
within my father\'s creation.

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(dog barking in the distance)

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(poignant music)

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People were at the heart of his work.

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He designed the Pele de Vidro

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with great care for the life inside.

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At a time when most offices
were dark and closed,

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he created a space of
light and transparency:

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a structure open to the world around it.

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(poignant music continues)

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This is the only photo I ever found

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of my father at the Pele de Vidro.

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Standing on the rooftop,

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about to transform the
skyline of São Paulo.

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(poignant music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(plaintive music)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(plaintive music continues)

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(footsteps echoing)

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(drawer opens)

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(paper riffling)

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(paper riffling)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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- [Denise] Finding my father\'s drawings

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at the School of
Architecture is a revelation.

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I had no idea how much was here.

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(plastic rippling)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(gentle music)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(gentle music continues)

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(gentle music continues)

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(samba music)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(camera shutter clicks)

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- [Denise] Gal was one
of my father\'s students.

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(camera shutter clicks)

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Together, we go around São Paulo

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visiting the buildings my father designed.

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(samba music continues)

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(camera shutter fires rapidly)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(samba music continues)

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(samba music continues)

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- [Denise] And finally,

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the house my father built for our family.

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It feels so strange that
it\'s now someone else\'s home.

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(both speaking indistinctly)

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(camera shutter clicks)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(birds chirping)

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(camera shutter clicks)

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- [Denise] This garden,
so full of memories.

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(camera shutter clicks)

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Running in circles with my brother,

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(camera shutter clicks)

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summer dinners with neighbors and friends.

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But there are shadows
here of harder times.

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(poignant music)

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When I was 11

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I began to sense a growing
tension between my parents.

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Some nights, lying in bed,

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I could hear my mother crying.

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(poignant music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(poignant music continues)

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- [Denise] And then one
day, my father left.

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(poignant music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(poignant music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(poignant music continues)

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(blinds flittering)

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I\'ve been waiting six weeks.

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The occupation leaders say
they\'re asking the residents

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for permission to let me in.

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But then, they stop returning my calls.

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(hooter honks in the distance)

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Watching the people,

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I begin to recognize faces

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and feel the rhythms of their lives.

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We are separated by
distance and privilege,

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yet, in a strange way,

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bound together by what we share:

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a home made by my father.

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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- [Denise] The Pele de Vidro

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is one of over 70 buildings downtown

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occupied by people who need homes.

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The housing crisis has sparked a movement.

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(metal clanging)

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(glass clatters)

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(people speaking indistinctly)

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(people clamoring)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(people speaking indistinctly)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(people speaking indistinctly)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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- [Denise] Pericles is
helping me negotiate

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with the leaders of the Pele de Vidro,

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and he takes me to one of
the occupations he organizes.

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(drill whirring)

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(drill whirring)

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(children speaking indistinctly)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(mother and daughter
speaking indistinctly)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(poignant music)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(poignant music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(somber music)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(waves roaring)

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(somber music continues)

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(somber music continues)

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- [Denise] At my father\'s funeral,

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I felt like a stranger,

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our angry last words still
stinging in my heart.

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Even with Yara there,
I felt totally alone.

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(somber music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(somber music continues)

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(waves roaring softly)

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(siren wailing)

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- [Denise] A few years
after my father died,

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the federal police

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made the Pele de Vidro their headquarters,

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a place for censoring
journalists and artists.

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(poignant music)

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My father\'s creation of openness and light

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became a center of fear and surveillance.

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(people clamoring)

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But the dictatorship was faltering.

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People across the country
were demanding free elections.

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(people cheering)
(people applauding)

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After two decades of struggle,
democracy was restored.

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The federal police

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now working under a democratic government

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stayed in the Pele de Vidro.

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(cameras clicking)

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They made international headlines

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identifying the remains

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of the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.

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The federal police left
the building in 2003,

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(poignant music)

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and for years, the Pele de
Vidro stood empty and neglected.

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(poignant music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(rain pattering softly)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

00:47:47.088 --> 00:47:51.338
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(poignant music)

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- [Denise] It would
break my father\'s heart

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to see his Pele de Vidro like this,

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as it does mine.

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But I see this place has become a shelter,

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its walls protecting so many.

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And this touches my heart.

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(poignant music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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- [Denise] I\'ve tried so hard

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to get inside the Pele de Vidro.

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But after so many months of negotiations,

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the door is closed.

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But I\'m not giving up.

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I go to my father\'s birthplace,

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the city he loved and would visit often.

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I\'m here to meet an architect

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with a deep connection
to the Pele de Vidro.

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(flowing music)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

00:51:01.216 --> 00:51:04.716
(flowing music continues)

00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:26.969
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(flowing music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(soft music)

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- [Denise] Pablo\'s dream came to an end,

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and the building remained empty.

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But a few years later,

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the Skin of Glass became a
canvas for another vision:

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a radical street art called pixação.

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(speaking in Portuguese)

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(dramatic music)

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- [Denise] When I first met
Rafael he was very guarded,

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not sure how I felt about
his art on the Pele de Vidro.

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I wasn\'t sure either.

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(dramatic music continues)

00:53:06.801 --> 00:53:10.218
(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

00:53:42.327 --> 00:53:45.910
(dramatic music continues)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(dramatic music fades out)

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(paper fluttering)

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(rubble clattering)

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- [Denise] A few months
after Rafael\'s pixação,

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people occupied the Pele de
Vidro for the first time.

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(hammer clanging)

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A local filmmaker
documented them moving in.

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Finally, a window inside.

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All this time I imagined

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if I could only get
into the Pele de Vidro,

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I would find my father there.

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(poignant music)

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But I\'m grateful to see
this glimpse of life inside.

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(people speaking indistinctly)

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(poignant music continues)

00:55:35.890 --> 00:55:39.307
(speaking in Portuguese)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

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(sirens blare in the distance)

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(fire roaring softly)

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(sirens continue blaring in the distance)

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(fire roaring intensifies)

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(fire roaring intensifies)
(sirens wailing intensifies)

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(sirens wailing loudly)

00:57:45.853 --> 00:57:49.020
(fire roaring loudly)

00:57:50.182 --> 00:57:54.737
(sirens wailing)
(people shouting)

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(sirens wailing)

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(helicopter whirring)

00:58:00.704 --> 00:58:04.014
(fire roaring)

00:58:04.014 --> 00:58:06.286
(helicopter whirring)

00:58:06.286 --> 00:58:09.703
(fire roaring continues)

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(rubble clattering)

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(glass shattering)

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(people shouting indistinctly)

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(speaking in Portuguese)

00:58:28.764 --> 00:58:31.514
(sirens wailing)

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(officer shouting)

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(engine hisses)

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(sad music)

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(sad music continues)

00:59:46.892 --> 00:59:50.309
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:00:07.510 --> 01:00:10.677
(sad music continues)

01:00:20.427 --> 01:00:23.594
(sad music continues)

01:00:25.714 --> 01:00:29.964
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:00:39.978 --> 01:00:41.186
(sad music continues)

01:00:41.186 --> 01:00:44.603
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:01:04.043 --> 01:01:07.960
(people speaking indistinctly)

01:01:12.495 --> 01:01:15.912
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:01:24.032 --> 01:01:27.949
(people speaking indistinctly)

01:01:39.516 --> 01:01:42.933
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:02:09.868 --> 01:02:14.118
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:02:25.886 --> 01:02:29.303
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:02:56.070 --> 01:03:00.320
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:03:24.812 --> 01:03:27.395
(gentle music)

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- [Denise] The governor, the mayor,

01:03:56.070 --> 01:03:59.133
even the president appear for the cameras.

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But none of them meet with the survivors

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just one block away.

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(crowd murmuring)

01:04:14.915 --> 01:04:18.332
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:04:37.960 --> 01:04:40.322
(crowd applauding)

01:04:40.322 --> 01:04:43.739
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:05:04.606 --> 01:05:08.439
(crowd speaking indistinctly)

01:05:10.999 --> 01:05:13.416
(calm music)

01:05:19.326 --> 01:05:22.743
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:05:46.490 --> 01:05:49.657
(motorcycle roars by)

01:05:51.819 --> 01:05:54.569
(garbage clinks)

01:05:57.792 --> 01:06:00.375
(metal clinks)

01:06:03.402 --> 01:06:06.819
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:06:33.279 --> 01:06:37.529
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:07:02.270 --> 01:07:06.520
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:07:20.082 --> 01:07:23.999
(people speaking indistinctly)

01:07:26.874 --> 01:07:30.291
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:07:57.537 --> 01:08:01.787
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:08:27.050 --> 01:08:31.300
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:08:48.419 --> 01:08:51.252
(engines roaring)

01:08:59.992 --> 01:09:03.171
(metal crunches)

01:09:03.171 --> 01:09:05.921
(poignant music)

01:09:33.347 --> 01:09:36.930
(poignant music continues)

01:09:53.570 --> 01:09:56.827
(poignant music continues)

01:09:56.827 --> 01:10:00.244
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:10:26.174 --> 01:10:30.424
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:10:39.301 --> 01:10:42.218
(vehicle roars by)

01:10:43.808 --> 01:10:45.718
(hooters honk in the distance)

01:10:45.718 --> 01:10:48.635
(engines rumbling)

01:10:50.061 --> 01:10:53.478
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:11:15.424 --> 01:11:19.341
(people speaking indistinctly)

01:11:28.923 --> 01:11:32.340
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:12:00.137 --> 01:12:04.387
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:12:31.055 --> 01:12:35.305
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:12:57.473 --> 01:13:00.890
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:13:31.389 --> 01:13:34.877
(people speaking indistinctly)

01:13:34.877 --> 01:13:38.294
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:14:06.010 --> 01:14:10.260
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:14:35.975 --> 01:14:40.225
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:15:06.076 --> 01:15:10.326
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:15:33.380 --> 01:15:37.591
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:15:37.591 --> 01:15:38.705
- [Denise] This is one of the leaders

01:15:38.705 --> 01:15:42.030
who kept me out of the Pele de Vidro,

01:15:42.030 --> 01:15:44.838
who abandoned the
survivors after the fire.

01:15:44.838 --> 01:15:48.255
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:15:54.510 --> 01:15:55.530
- [Denise] Soon after he

01:15:55.530 --> 01:15:57.840
and the other Pele De Vidro leaders

01:15:57.840 --> 01:15:59.730
were questioned by the police,

01:15:59.730 --> 01:16:01.293
they went into hiding.

01:16:06.170 --> 01:16:10.087
(hooter honks in the distance)

01:16:16.590 --> 01:16:20.490
Months later, the camp
is gone without a trace,

01:16:20.490 --> 01:16:22.083
shut down by the city.

01:16:23.190 --> 01:16:25.740
The survivors scattered
throughout São Paulo

01:16:25.740 --> 01:16:27.003
looking for shelter.

01:16:28.740 --> 01:16:31.540
Many simply vanished into the streets.

01:16:45.951 --> 01:16:49.368
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:17:16.416 --> 01:17:20.666
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:17:45.258 --> 01:17:48.675
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:18:00.656 --> 01:18:04.073
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:18:10.285 --> 01:18:12.520
(dramatic music)

01:18:12.520 --> 01:18:15.937
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:18:24.108 --> 01:18:27.525
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:18:43.547 --> 01:18:46.630
(speaking in French)

01:18:52.016 --> 01:18:55.099
(speaking in French)

01:19:04.605 --> 01:19:07.688
(speaking in French)

01:19:13.221 --> 01:19:16.638
(motorcycles roaring by)

01:19:26.966 --> 01:19:30.049
(speaking in French)

01:19:45.787 --> 01:19:48.930
- [Denise] Pablo and Philippe
have come from France

01:19:48.930 --> 01:19:50.613
to honor my father\'s dream,

01:19:51.570 --> 01:19:52.443
and their own.

01:19:54.989 --> 01:19:57.656
(flowing music)

01:20:24.359 --> 01:20:27.442
(speaking in French)

01:20:43.405 --> 01:20:47.160
(flowing music continues)

01:20:47.160 --> 01:20:49.960
- [Denise] This drawing will
never be more than a dream,

01:20:50.880 --> 01:20:53.433
a vision of what might have been.

01:20:56.310 --> 01:21:00.900
Pablo and Philippe invite
Rafael, the pixação artist,

01:21:00.900 --> 01:21:01.803
to join them.

01:21:02.861 --> 01:21:06.361
(flowing music continues)

01:21:08.177 --> 01:21:11.594
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:21:22.854 --> 01:21:26.354
(flowing music continues)

01:21:30.576 --> 01:21:33.659
(speaking in French)

01:22:02.508 --> 01:22:06.008
(flowing music continues)

01:22:11.598 --> 01:22:14.348
(birds chirping)

01:22:19.941 --> 01:22:23.358
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:22:50.046 --> 01:22:53.266
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:22:53.266 --> 01:22:55.849
(both chuckle)

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(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:23:48.087 --> 01:23:50.837
(poignant music)

01:24:07.835 --> 01:24:10.835
(singer vocalizing)

01:24:35.538 --> 01:24:38.955
(speaking in Portuguese)

01:25:08.115 --> 01:25:11.698
(poignant music continues)

01:25:12.758 --> 01:25:17.008
(speaking in Portuguese continues)

01:25:34.072 --> 01:25:36.739
(waves roaring)

01:25:47.099 --> 01:25:51.133
(poignant music continues)

01:25:51.133 --> 01:25:55.050
(singers vocalizing continues)

01:26:17.446 --> 01:26:22.446
(poignant music continues)
(singers vocalizing continues)

01:26:47.235 --> 01:26:52.235
(poignant music continues)
(singers vocalizing continues)

01:27:17.470 --> 01:27:22.470
(poignant music continues)
(singers vocalizing continues)

01:27:47.451 --> 01:27:52.451
(poignant music continues)
(singers vocalizing continues)

01:28:17.726 --> 01:28:22.726
(poignant music continues)
(singers vocalizing continues)

01:28:47.376 --> 01:28:50.959
(poignant music continues)

01:28:58.080 --> 01:29:01.181
(dramatic music)

01:29:01.181 --> 01:29:03.848
(pulsing music)