Sao Paulo

Linha de Passe, a film directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas

Linha de Passe is a movie that shows the huge, depressing, and poisoning reality that is the lives of the majority of Brazilians, and the people of so many other third world countries. A reality where to keep one's integrity is not only a difficult task... it is in fact an almost impossible one. It's about this mother (Sandra Carveloni, Best actress in the 61th Cannes Festival 2008 - her first work in cinema) who struggles to keep her kids as a family within this unfair reality. READ MORE>

On my flight back from Brazil to the US, I found a very interesting artible in the Continental Airlines Magazine about "The Greening of São Paulo". Check it out. It brings some interesting perspective on the city's size, diversity, and green initiatives. READ MORE>