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DESCRIPTION:A poetic and personal cinematic meditation on displacement, inequality and 
 loss, SKIN OF GLASS follows filmmaker Denise Zmekhol’s journey after 
 discovering that her late father’s most celebrated work as an architect, 
 a modernist glass skyscraper in the heart of São Paulo affectionately 
 known as the Pele de Vidro (“Skin of Glass”), has become occupied by 
 hundreds of homeless families.\n\nThe building was designed by 32-year-old 
 Roger Zmekhol, a Syrian immigrant to Brazil. Conceived in the vibrant era 
 of Bossa Nova and Cinema Novo, and constructed in the early days of a 
 US-backed dictatorship that would hold power for two decades, the 
 building’s dramatic transformations mirror Brazil itself during eras of 
 darkness, transformation, and rebirth. \n\nZmekhol’s initially personal 
 quest to reconnect with the father she lost at 14 forces her to face a 
 growing global crisis: one in six people in the world are homeless. In the 
 wake of a shocking tragedy, she ultimately connects with the building’s 
 residents and comes to understand how São Paulo’s most vulnerable 
 residents found shelter within a modernist icon of Brazil’s golden age of 
 architecture. Delicately interweaving the personal and political, SKIN OF 
 GLASS is a searing portrait of a country in crisis captured through the 
 story of a father and daughter and the built environment of São Paulo 
 where their lives, memories, and dreams overlap.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/06/16/18877326.php
SUMMARY:"Skin of Glass" Film Screening + Q&A
LOCATION:10070 San Pablo Ave\n\nEl Cerrito, CA 94530
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/06/16/18877326.php
DTSTART:20250620T020000Z
DTEND:20250620T043000Z
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