Brazil: the children of the miracle

United Kingdom, 1979

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Looks at the price Brazil is paying for its attempt to turn itself into one of the world’s great powers, by focusing on the city of Sao Paulo, where after fifteen yuears of the ‘economic miracle’, more than half the population lives below the poverty line. Families are so poor that 600,000 children have been abandoned. Presented by Jonathan Dimbleby.

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Credits

director

Martin Smith

producer

David Elstein

production company

Thames Television

Duration

00:28:37:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

507546

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Children - Brazil

Documentary

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Abandoned children

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Brazil - Economic conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Brazil - Economic policy

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Brazil - Politics and government

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Brazil - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Children - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Family - Social aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Homeless children

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Poverty

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Poverty - Children

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Abandoned children

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Brazil

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children's rights

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Homeless children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Homeless children

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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