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LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Oklahoma City Museum of Art (415 Couch, Oklahoma City, OK)
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:(Brazil, 2012, Dir. Burt Sun & Andre Constantin)The rich culture of Salvador emanates from a fusion of European, 
African, and Native Indian roots. Today, tattooed onto the skin of the 
city’s 500-year-old urban landscape, one observes the ubiquitous public 
artwork created by the artist Bel Borba over the past 35 years. The 
documentary film, Bel Borba Aqui, reflects the intense and 
intimate relationship between this historically rich city and her 
beloved native son, Bel Borba. This film shares Bel’s ebullient 
personality through constant acts of creation. We see him in moments of 
joy and madness, creating large-scale outdoor art at lightning speed and
 then working alone in deep introspection. Bel’s art draws inspiration 
from his surroundings, and inspires others, particularly people in 
impoverished neighborhoods, to join him in creating art that improves 
their environment. Bel, known as “the people’s Picasso,” is also a man 
with flaws, fears and struggles, and yet, Bel is a shrewd man who 
navigates effortlessly from high society to the favelas of the 
forgotten people. Bel’s own voice narrates the film, which, instead of 
following a chronological order, is composed of a series of short 
narratives. Interlinked events weave through the film like one of his 
famed street mosaics, constructed piece by piece. This lyrical journey 
unfolds Bel and his world into one masterpiece that can only be realized
 as a whole once it is complete. The film examines a celebrated artist 
facing his own mortality through cinematic gestures of subtle 
playfulness that reflect Bel Borba himself, and how he transforms his 
art to breathe new life into a city he loves.
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:"Bel Borba Aqui"
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