Favela Communications Pioneer Zé do Caroço: Community Media, Legacy and Samba

This video report relives passages of the life of favela communicator José Mendes da Silva, forever known as Zé do Caroço, whose name resonates in one of the most famous Brazilian sambas, written by Leci Brandão. The video shares the perspectives of four interviewees: Edmilson Alves da Silva, Zé do Caroço’s son; Luiz Carlos de Lima Junior, affectionately known in the favela as Bombeirinho; singer Xande de Pilares; and Vitor Bernardo, from the Macacos Vive media collective. Among them, there is a consensus that José Mendes da Silva “planted a seed of a tree that would only provide shade many years later, but he was sure that, in the future, someone would enjoy it.”
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Script and Director: Amanda Botelho, Thayná de Souza and William Santos
Recording and Editing: Brunno Paschoal and William Santos