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Sunday, Aug 30, 2026
3:30 PM (90 mins)
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Skin of Glass
In Conversation
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Teresa Caldeira is a Professor of City & Regional Planning and the Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Urban Studies at UC Berkeley.
When she learns that squatters occupy the landmark São Paulo skyscraper her late father designed in the early 1960s, documentarian Denise Zmekhol returns to her hometown to investigate. The Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida, nicknamed the “Pele de Vidro” (Skin of Glass) for its windowed facade, was the first building of its kind in South America, a shiny symbol of Brazil’s promising future. Zmekhol recalls an idyllic childhood that gave way to estrangement from the man whose structure would become a dilapidated eyesore, weaving together family photographs, archival material, testimonials from friends and colleagues, and drone footage of the decaying high-rise.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Denise Zmekhol
Cinematographer
- Leonardo Maestrelli
- Heloisa Passos
- Jacob Solitrenick
Language
- English
- French
- Portuguese
- with English subtitles
Print Info
- Color
- DCP
- 90 mins
Source
- Denise Zmekhol
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