ROCINHA

About Rocinha says Cypriano: “In 1993, I traveled to a remote penitentiary located in Ilha Grande, RJ. After a few minutes of my arrival, I began to spend days with criminals considered higher danger of Brazil. With thirty years of age, Paulinho practically grew up in and out of this penitentiary called Candido Mendes. He became a special friend, and helped me develop a photographic project called “The Devil's Cauldron”, another name for prison. When I was leaving the Cauldron , Paulinho invited me to do a documentary on Rocinha, the community where he was born, to show that sometimes there is happiness in the midst of economic despair. What I found, was a little more complex than happiness.”times there in the midst of economic despair. What I found, was a little more complex than happiness.”