FEBEM: The beginning of the end

Name: FEBEM: The beginning of the end
Director: Rita Moreira
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1990-12-16
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Alda Marco Antônio, Padre Júlio Lancellotti, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Simony, Carlos Nascimento

“There will never be a long, endless night which will not find the rising sun.”

1990

30m

Documentary

Director: Rita Moreira

Writer: Rita Moreira

Overview

A report covering the days when the then Secretary for Children's Affairs, Alda Marco Antônio, shut down the notorious FEBEM intake pavilions, releasing the children who had been housed together with adults. It details the release process, along with testimonies from parents and from the minors themselves.