FEBEM: The beginning of the end

Original title: FEBEM: O começo do fim

"There will never be a long, endless night which will not find the rising sun."

1990 30 min Portuguese Rita Moreira

Overview

A report covering the days when the then Secretary for Children's Affairs, Alda Marco Antônio, shut down the notorious FEBEM intake pavilions, releasing the children who had been housed together with adults. It details the release process, along with testimonies from parents and from the minors themselves.

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