Art Heals All Wounds: Denise Zmekhol, Documentary Filmmaker

Art Heals All Wounds

08/18/21

•

35m

About

Comments

Featured In

They say you can never go home again. When Denise Zmekhol, daughter of the late Roger Zmekhol, a prolific and masterful architect in Brazil, decides to make a documentary film about his most famous building in Sao Paulo, she hopes that by telling the story of the building she will also be able to deepen her connection with her father. Known as the Skin of Glass (Pele de Vidro), this building symbolized the emergence of Brazil on the world stage when it was designed in 1961. After surviving a military coup and dictatorship, the building is unable to survive the decades of neglect and the occupancy of the houseless people who rely on it for shelter. As Denise comes to terms with the loss of this tangible reminder of her father, she shares the story of a housing movement whose members long for a place to call home.

Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

Art Heals All Wounds: Luqman Frank and Quincy Griffin, Musicians

August 4, 2021

•

45m

Do you need a positive mantra to get you through the ups and downs that these times keep throwing our way? How about a mantra set to amazing music? I know the perfect thing for you, a new single, Gonna Be Alright, from Luqman Frank and Quincy Griffin. It's from their upcoming album, composed and recorded during the pandemic, with messages of positivity, unity, and love as a response to the cultural and political division that have marked the last few years. All set to the sounds of classic soul!

Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Next Episode

Ken Paul Rosenthal, Honoring Poet Julia Vinograd Through the Poetry of Film

September 1, 2021

•

35m

Filmmaker Ken Paul Rosenthal first met Berkeley street poet Julia Vinograd thirty years ago. Struck by her work and her presence, he asked if he could make a film about her poems. Although she agreed, Rosenthal felt that he didn’t yet have the experience as an artist to do her work justice. In 2018, Julia Vinograd passed away. Now Rosenthal has taken on the mission of bringing this iconic poet to life on screen by conveying the power of her work that both observed and shaped the politics and culture of the sometimes volatile, never dull, Telegraph Ave. Rosenthal creates images of poetic beauty that show the transcendent spirit of Vinograd’s life and work, while grounding it in the gritty stones of the neighborhood that Vinograd loved and championed.

Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Support the show

If you like this episode you’ll love

Toure Show

經典也青春

Aw, Would You Look At The Time

Talk to Me About Food

Ask Penguin

Promoted

‌