Zona Norte 8 years old

15 years after our award-winning documentary WARRIOR OF LIGHT, the portrait of internationally acclaimed human rights activist Yvonne Bezerra de Mello and her work with street kids in Rio, ZONA NORTE is investigating the development and sustainability of the project. Over the years Yvonne has developed a new pedagogy that helps children who are traumatized by violence to overcome their experiences and the resulting learning problems. The children we portrayed 15 years ago are now young adults. They report from their lives in the most dangerous favela in the north of the city. They are the living proof that an alternative pedagogy is capable to break the vicious circle of poverty and violence.

Credits

Zona Norte Cast

Name	Character
Yvonne Bezerra de Mello	as Herself

Zona Norte Crew

Name	Department
Margot Neubert-Maric as Editor.	Editing
Bernd Meiners as Camera Operator. He was 63 (now 71) years old	Camera
Monika Treut as Director. She was 61 (now 70) years old	Directing
Monika Treut as Producer. She was 61 (now 70) years old	Production
Monika Treut as Book. She was 61 (now 70) years old	Writing