The Homeless Club
Director Claudia Brenlla
Countries
Duration 55 min
Synopsis
Pituba: an elite neighbourhood in Salvador de Bahía, Brazil. Along the seafront of the city, before reaching the famous Itapuá beach, the Clube Português premises draw our attention. It’s a sport complex with its main building surrounded by swimming pools, tennis courts, a football pitch and other facilities. The condition of the premises is pitiful: boards and canvas spread all over, the grass coming out in between the tiles, the dirty water of the pools, and all you can see has been reused according to its current dwellers’ needs: 85 families that belong to the Salvador homeless movement (MSTS). Walking around what used to be a luxury club for white people, we become aware of the origin and reasons of that movement and their living-together rules.
Pituba: an elite neighbourhood in Salvador de Bahía, Brazil. Along the seafront of the city, before reaching the famous Itapuá beach, the Clube Português premises draw our attention. It’s a sport complex with its main building surrounded by swimming pools, tennis courts, a football pitch and other facilities. The condition of the premises is pitiful: boards and canvas spread all over, the grass coming out in between the tiles, the dirty water of the pools, and all you can see has been reused according to its current dwellers’ needs: 85 families that belong to the Salvador homeless movement (MSTS). Walking around what used to be a luxury club for white people, we become aware of the origin and reasons of that movement and their living-together rules.