Bel Borba is Here

Running time: 90 mins

He tattoos his art across the city. Now it's cemented in history.

Known as "The People's Picasso" in his hometown of Salvador, Bel Borba eclectically represents a rarely seen side of Brazil. For 35 years, he has spread his recognized artwork throughout the 500-year-old urban landscape.

The sunny coastal city feeds Borba's artistic vein. Combining talent, simplicity, and nature to create original work, he showcases the forgotten beauty of his country and reminds us there is more to Brazil than favelas, soccer, and drug lords in Rio de Janeiro.

The true, beautiful essence of Brazil poetically expressed with tiles, steel, sand, and mud, Bel Borba proves the ocean is the limit. For a country already full of color, he engraves his devotion to art and passion for his people. No permission asked.

- Arianne Tavares

Preceded by the short film: L Train; dir.; United States; 11 min.; Sunny is an angry teenaged girl making her way through an inner city winter. Until she sees something that forces her to consider replacing her bitterness with compassion.

Sponsored by The Castellano Family Foundation