Surfavela
Director Joaquim Pinto / Nuno Leonel
Countries Portugal
Duration 38 min
Synopsis
Children from the favelas (Brazilian shanty towns) are put into an innovative programme called Surfavela, which has the objective of encouraging them to take part in sport, leading them away from the criminal world that children from this background so frequently fall into.
Children from the favelas (Brazilian shanty towns) are put into an innovative programme called Surfavela, which has the objective of encouraging them to take part in sport, leading them away from the criminal world that children from this background so frequently fall into.