BAY OF ALL SAINTS follows Geni, Jesus and Doña Maria, three single mothers who live in a bay community in Brazil as they navigate the uncertainty and insecurity of losing their homes due to a government plan to reclaim and restore the bay.
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A film by Annie Eastman
US/Brazil, 2012, 74 minutes
In Salvador, Bahia, next to one of Brazil's wealthiest cities, generations of impoverished families have lived in a community of palafitas, shacks built on stilts over the ocean bay. Under a government program to reclaim and restore the bay, hundreds of families face forced relocation.
The stories of Geni, Jesus, and Doña Maria, three single mothers and their families shape this film's narrative as they confront uncertainty and insecurity. Each woman offers a perspective of hope and self-determination, often graced by humor, in facing frequently dire circumstances. As their community is almost completely torn down and paved over, each begins to fight anew for the future. Filmed over six years, this extraordinary documentary offers fresh insights into environmental justice and notions of home for citizens bypassed by Brazil's economic boom. With the World Cup coming in 2014 and the Olympics two years later, this is an essential film for understanding a country that will soon be in the world spotlight.
