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Encounters 2008

Ambulantes

Daniel GonzalezUnited Kingdom17 min

200,000 people work on the beaches of Rio de Janerio. They call themselves ‘Ambulantes’ and they earn a living selling all kinds of goods to the ‘bahnistas’ (beach-goers). Marcel and Tila work on the beaches and their’s is a tale of hardship and determination; two stories among thousands of lives.