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Skin Feelings Doc. and TV . digital video . Color . 80' (doc) / 48' (TV) . 2008
About the film

Not all visually impaired people are blind. Many of them have something called "low eyesight" and, in many cases, would only need few stimulus to be totally integrated in society as independent and productive people. The main concern of the film are the capabilities, the numerous possibilities of inclusion, the incentives, understanding and fighting all kinds of prejudice. 

 

The daily basis of four people is recorded while they perform their duties, showing us that after the loss of sight the other senses flourish. The idea was to show the normalcy in these people’s lives, mostly their independence and uncountable professional abilities. “Skin Feelings” intends to raise awareness in public and private companies as well as helping extinguish prejudice in general society. 

 

Independence and productivity are the two main angles of the documentary. The production got rid of the atmosphere of pity and of corny sentimentalism which usually takes place in films about desabled people. If opportunities are created to considerably increase their employment, visually impaired people will become common citizens. This reality is already a fact  in some way because there is a large number of people acting in not so conventional areas and images like these must be shown so that all prejudice can  finally be overcome.

 

As the goal is to raise awareness for inclusion and fight against every kind of prejudice, the target audience are the opinion makers like journalists, publicitaries, artists, entrepeneurs, politicians, teachers, school principals and every person who is still resisting to give job opportunities to visual impaired people.

 

According to the Population Census 2000, from Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE),  there are 16.644.842 people with some permanent difficulty to see in the Brazilian population. They are more than 1,6 million Brazilian citizens with some type of visual disability, the vast majority with "low eyesight".

 

The big villain of discrimination is always lack of knowledge. When we don't know about a certain subject we tend to create a monster which does not exist. The documentary has the goal and mission to dissipate prejudices with as much information about the visual impairment issue staying far from the melodramatic atmosphere which is frequently used in "institutional" movies related to deficiency, especially about the mentioned disability.

 

Producer: 24 VPS Filmes

 

Synopsis

Skin Feelings follows the daily life of visually impaired people who make a living in a very non-traditional way. We live in a world increasingly dominated by visual image. Partial ou complete visual loss leads to an increase in other human senses, which become more accurate. The main concern of the film are the capabilities, the numerous possibilities of inclusion, the incentives, understanding and fighting all kinds of prejudice. 

Director Evaldo Mocarzel

Evaldo Mocarzel was born in 1960 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. He is graduated in Film Studies by the University Federal Fluminense (UFF) and has worked as journalist for the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, one of Brazil's main newspapers, for eight years. He also attended New York Film Academy. Mocarzel directed two short films, Pictures in the Park (1999) and À Margem da Imagem (2001), this one, about the life of homeless people in the city of Sao Paulo, turned  into a feature lenght film in 2003, also called À Margem da Imagem (2003). Since then, he has directed several projects: Mensageiras da Luz - Parteiras da Amazônia (short and feature, 2004) Primeiros Passos (2005), Do Luto à Luta (2005), À Margem do Concreto (2006), Jardim Ângela (2007), O Cinema dos Meus Olhos (2007), Brigada Pára-quedista (2007), Sentidos à Flor da Pele (2008), À Margem do Lixo (2008), BR-3 (2009), Quebradeiras (2009), Cinema de Guerrilha (2010), São Paulo Companhia de Dança (2010), Cuba Libre (2011), Hysteria (2012), A Última Palavra é a Penúltima (2012), Antártica (2013) and Dizer e Não Pedir Segredo (2013). 

 

Cast

Interviwed: 

 

  • Antony Moraes
  • Ricardo Tadeu
  • Sérgio Faria
  • Elizabeth Dias de Sá
Crew

Direction

Evaldo Mocarzel


Producer

Zita Carvalhosa


Screenwriter

Evaldo Mocarzel and Marcelo Moraes


Editor

Marcelo Moraes


Production Manager

Afonso Coaracy


Cinematographer

Paulo Jacinto dos Reis and Jacques Cheuiche


Aditional Photographer

Gustavo Hadba


Sound Editing

Miriam Biderman, Ricardo Reis and Ana Chiarini


Research and Production Finalization

Letícia Lemos T.


Assistant Camera

Fabiano Pierri


Production Assistant

Paula Mazini


Production Secretary

Diana Oliveira


Ending and Mixing

Estúdios Mega


Respondents

Antony Moraes, Ricardo Tadeu, Sérgio Faria and Elizabeth Dias de Sá


Reponsible Producer

24VPS FILMES

Festivals

  • Winner of the Contest "Programa Janela Brasil" offered by the State of São Paulo, the Secretary of State for Culture, the Padre Anchieta Foundation and SESC TV
  • Arraial Cine Fest  - Best Picture Award for Popular Vote
  • Festival do Rio BR 2008
  • 32º Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo 2008
  • IV Festival de Cinema Brasileiro de Goiânia 2008.
  • Festival EDOC 2009
  • 11° Festival do Cinema Brasileiro de Paris 2009
  • II Festival Paulínia de Cinema 2009
  • MedCine Cascais Film Festival
  • Festival Assim Vivemos
  • 6º Festival Internacional de Cinema de Arte
  • 4º Mostra Cinema e Direitos Humanos na América do Sul
  • Arraial Cine Fest 2010



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