Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho was homeless in São Paulo, Brazil, for nearly 35 years, and became locally known for sitting in the same spot and writing every day. In April 2011, he was befriended by a young woman named Shalla Monteiro. Impressed by his poetry and wanting to help him with his dream of publishing a book, she created a Facebook Page to feature Raimundo’s writing. Neither could have expected what happened next. Click here to view the larger original video.
See more about Raimundo and his poetry on his Facebook Page maintained by Shalla: facebook.com/ocondicionado
This short film uses footage from a documentary about Raimundo shot in São Paulo in 2011 and 2012, along with interviews and scenes filmed in Goîana, Brazil, in January 2014.
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Credits
- Presented by Facebook Stories
- Production Studio – Already Alive
- Director – Michael Marantz
- Director of Photography – Tim Sessler
- Producer – Jason Oppliger
- Post Producer – Drew English
- Original Music – Michael Marantz
- Edit – Michael Marantz
- Assistant Edit – Drew English
- Local Brazil Producer – William Guimaraes
- Local Brazil Production Company – Southside Productions
- Footage of Raimundo at The Island by Tiago Venturi
- Special Thanks to:
- Shalla Monteiro
- Raimundo and his family