Voices from the Edge

Fernando Salis
Brazil, documentary, 2003
70 mins. (DV)
(Spanish)

Community leaders from Rio de Janiero slums struggle to participate in the III World Social Forum - the most important international event organized by civil societies to discuss social issues. They want their work to achieve visibility and their voices to be heard. Through their perspective, the film narrates the event and reveals the challenges that corporate-driven globalization present not only to Rio but to the world political agenda.