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It is rare for there to be a Brazilian movie,
these days, that does not have Nós no Morro actors in it.
It is hard to come by a soap opera that Nós no Morro did not participate in.
But we do not live off of being under the spotlight.
In fact, Nós no Morro has to live with the daily reality.
In theater, I learned to read a lot too...
to focus more on reading, performing, in projecting your voice, the way to express myself,
because it may not seem like it, but I used to be very shy.
Then, when I entered Nós no Morro, I saw everyone talking with everyone.
So I decided I had to be that way too, that I had to show my "ahhhhhh" side.
I decided to pursue theater on my own.
I told my mother I wanted to act.
Ever since I was a kid I always had to work. I always studied and worked.
At a certain moment in my life, my father left my mother.
This is fairly common among us.
Because this daily reality, it is not easy.
Today we, from Nós do Morro, opened a sociocultural
fusion in Vidigal. It is also important for you to have
young people from other communities, who had no opportunities,
getting a worthy opportunity here at Vidigal,
through Nós do Morro.
I live in Rocinha. I always did. I get up at six-thirty...
then I arrive at the theater... I get there: hi, good morning!
"If you are the pope, pass the bread"
Putting together a theater group in which the base is the collectivity, the idea the multiplier.
Of my looking to you, looking into your eyes, seeing your soul,
and realizing an empty space in you
and suddenly, perhaps, being next to you I can strengthen you.
I was very young back then.
I used to work in the bag carrying queue. Guti looked at me and believed in me.
So, congratulations to him. I think he is very strong.
Nós do Morro is a family because if someone needs
something there is always someone
I fell deeper and deeper into love.
I started teaching classes. I have taught for six years.
I have been at Nós do Morro for twenty years. And today it is my life, you know?
Then everything started, my first film as a director.
Thanks to this film, now I've been invited by Cacá Diegues
to direct one of the "Cinco Vezes Favela" episodes.
It gives you unimaginable opportunities and elation.
And, sometimes, this elation does not match the language that is in your family,
in your daily life.
So, when you can see yourself in school, at home, in your family,
I think this is a victory.
I think I've taken my first step: theater. I want to participate in several plays.
I've already participated in plays
I want to do more for Brazil, spreading theatrical knowledge
after making films, soap operas, mini-series, series, all connected to interpreting.
I dream of reaching these people who also dream.
I wanted to go back, go back and do it all again, in a broader manner.
The way I see teachers passing information on, the way they do it, it seems to be contagious.
It seems you... I don't know.
It does it to me. It makes me want to pass things on to someone.
What makes me stronger
is when I see these kids believing that life,
through art, is more beautiful to be lived, it is stronger.
This is where my delirium ends.
There are only two ways to experience life. The first:
Is living it as if miracles didn't exist. The second:
Is to live it as if it were a miracle.