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Doing the right thing / A Hilary Sandison production for TVE ; series editor, Jenny Richards ; series producer, Luke Gawin ; written and directed by Hilary Sandison.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- City life (Bullfrog Films) ; 7.
- City life ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Poor--Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul).
- Poor.
- Urban renewal.
- Political participation.
- Budget.
- Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul).
- Budget--Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)--Citizen participation.
- Urban renewal--Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)--Citizen participation.
- Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)--Social conditions.
- Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil).
- Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)--Economic conditions.
- Political participation--Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul).
- Democracy--Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul).
- Democracy.
- Direct democracy--Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul).
- Direct democracy.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- City and town life--Brazil--Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul).
- City and town life.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (27 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Narration in English; interviews in Portuguese with English voiceovers.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Porto Alegre, capital of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, was once a run-of-the-mill, dirty, Brazilian port city. But an amazing transformation has taken place: unemployment has fallen, public transportation is now excellent, and poor neighborhoods have improved dramatically. These changes are thanks to a process of direct democracy known as the 'Participatory Budget' scheme that's giving all Porte Alegre's citizens a say in how their city is run. The scheme devotes the bulk of the city's financial resources to renewing the infrastructure of the town's slum areas and improving living standards for its neediest residents. As a result, exceptional neighborhood leaders have sprung up. This program from the City Life series traces the experiences of two such women, both born in poor slum areas, who have risen to make a difference in the community.
- Participant:
- Commentator: Rachel Atkins.
- Credits:
- Editors, Federico La Rosa, Damien Rea ; music, The Definitive Break, SONUS-Mambo.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: TVE ©2001; previously released in 2002.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).
- Originally produced for broadcast on BBC Worldwide.
- Publisher Number:
- bf-cldrt Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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