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- People in Recife, Brazil, are interviewed about their concept of citizenship, and their opinion about the Constituent Assembly, and its role on Brazilian politics.
- Documentary focusing on Brazilian female rural workers of the Northeast, specially in the swamp region of the State of Paraíba and the deserts and bushy area of the State of Pernambuco. They talk about their aspirations, lives, work and requests. Among the interviewed women, there are some Union leaders.
- Collectively directed family film about actor Angeli Lima, who for years dresses as Chaplin's Little Tramp and walks the streets of Olinda, a historical town in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, performing for its inhabitants and kids.
- In this collectively directed short film, actor Angeli Lima, dressed as Chaplin's Little Tramp, resumes his wanderings through the historical town of Olinda, Brazil, this time during its famous carnival.
- Documentary on the subject of medicinal herbs, and people who deal with them in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, such as Dona Graciema, at Morro da Conceição, Pai Véio, who was 97 years old when they shot the film, an expert on the subject, and Mago Cardoso, who invented an alcoholic beverage consisting of many herbs, called "Pau do Índio", a well known aphrodisiac in Olinda.
- Salustiano, aka "The King Without Crown", speaks about 2 Brazilian dances: the rural maracatu and the ciranda, as well as his effort to preserve these folklore manifestations and the transmission of this knowledge to 5 to 15 year old kids.
- Short about contraception methods and the growing practice of surgical sterilization through tubal ligation in poor women in the Northeast of Brazil, performed in Government hospitals disguised as c-sections.
- Documentary about abortion, made by group SOS-Corpo, with focus on Brazilian laws about the subject, and the different approaches regarding the matter. Presenting an interview with a "professional" who unlawfully performs this kind of surgery and public surveys on the topic, also discussing the difference of treatment according the patient's financial status.
- Collectively directed short documentary about the process of exclusion from society of homeless children and teenagers who wander the streets of Brazil.
- Documentary about Nélson Poeta, a popular character in the outskirts of Recife, Brazil, who works delivering bills for an Electric Power Company, manages to be politically engaged in his neighborhood's social movements and also writes beautiful pop songs, which he sings accompanied by a guitar, in parties and assemblies.
- Documentary showing the social conditions of the Eastern part of the City of São Paulo, and its community organization, through a phenomenon called "People's Radio", small radio stations run by local people.
- Parents and a psychologist talk about their views on sexuality in childhood.
- Reporter interviews women who use diaphragm and gives information on this kind of contraceptive method.
- Travelling back in time, reporter Brivaldo turns into Princess Isabel herself and signs the Lei Áurea (Golden Law), that freed the black slaves in Brazil. Then he returns to 1988, and interviews people about the fact.
- Documentary made for Pernambuco Rural Workers Federation, showing the first meeting of women who are also rural workers in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. They gather to discuss their problems and the differences between them and their male counterparts, and the different conditions of other women working in other regions in Brazil.
- Small kid who lives in a slum and sells peanuts on the streets is a son of Xangô, god of an Afro-Brazilian religion. When he's harassed by some hoods, he incorportes the entity and becomes strong, beating his opponents.