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40m²

Season 1

2020 · 4 episodes

Series portrays life during the pandemic by people living in the poorest neighborhoods in São Paulo. Two hundred short films joined together to form four thematic episodes.

  1. 1. Black lives matter. For who?

    2020-12-28

    July 2, 2020. Social media dawned full of black screens. Did something change the next day? The first episode addresses racism, police violence and social inequality.

  2. 2. At Home Inside Me

    2020-12-28

    #stayhome. How to stay in a house with less than 40m² and more than 4 people? Stories of crisis, love, domestic violence and survival strategies of those who need to work.

  3. 3. Shortness of breathe

    2020-12-28

    Governement emergency assistance in analysis, overdue bils. The house looks even smaller. Is shortness of breath Covid or anxiety? I need to leave and I can't. I will create a 40m² parallel universe.

  4. 4. Looking Beyond the Window

    2020-12-28

    What will the post-pandemic future look like? Whoever has resistance in the DNA turns difficulty into hope, either because of the spirituality, the lightness or the playful look of the children.

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