Documentary Film "Body and Soul" at EuropeAid InfoPoint Brussels 23 April 2013 12.30

BODY AND SOUL

A film by Matthieu Bron, 54’ – 2010

EU Cofinanced in the project “End Exclusion – let’s enable the MDGs” implemented by Light for the World under the

Victoria, Mariana and Vasco are three young Mozambicans with physical disabilities, living in the suburbs of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital city.

Victoria transmits the self-esteem she received from her education to other women with disabilities by organizing a fashion show; Mariana uses her social energy to create helpful friendships and overcome urban architectural barriers and Vasco does business repairing shoes in the informal sector. Through their daily physical and emotional challenges, the film explores how they look at themselves and others and raises universal questions about how to find one’s place in society.