Today is March 23, 2015, and this is my second time visiting Rio, since the World Cup finished in July 2014. I have been saving to get a new computer to continue editing my documentary, Why Brazil? But all along the way I have been coming to certain realizations.
No matter that I want to give an insiders view of the development of Brazil, in particular Rio with reference to the changes because of the first female president, Dilma Rousseff, the World Cup and the upcoming Olympics, in fact I will always be an outsider looking in. There are a few things that are self evident, the fact that many businesses have been able to afford to improve the outside appearance of their stores etc. The fact that the construction is growing in leaps and bounds. The fact that there are many needed changes for the people of Brazil, that have not yet happened; changes such as a significant improvement in the schools, and hospitals, for the disenfranchised, who are the life's blood of Rio.
Certain things have changed, and come to my attention, again as an outsider looking in. While attending the 2 anos anniversary of M.A.R., the Museum of Art of Rio, I was lucky enough to try to get in at 3:41pm on Saturday. I found out that the museum closed early because of the music celebration of the anniversary. I was told that if I waited I could stand in line and get a free ticket after the people that were officially invited. I LOVEEEEEEE live music, and even without knowing who would play I waited until 5pm, and it was the best thing that I ever did. I got an opportunity to see a pre-show demonstration, by a group of women, who felt that they were not fairly represented within the museum, and then I even watched the pre-show sound check.
The group that played was Mono-bloco. A famous Brazilian Samba and Baille-Funk. More to come.
