A poetic and personal cinematic meditation on displacement and loss, Skin of Glass follows filmmaker Denise Zmekhol's journey after discovering that her late father's most celebrated work as an architect, a modernist glass skyscraper in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil, has become occupied by hundreds of homeless.
Biography:
Denise Zmekhol is an award-winning producer and director of documentary films and media projects that span the globe. Her documentary films, commercials, and innovative projects have been recognized for their elegant visual style and deft storytelling. Her feature documentary Children of the Amazon was supported by ITVS and broadcast on PBS, as well as on European and Latin American television. It tells the story of struggle and hope to protect the world’s largest tropical rainforest and its inhabitants. The film won multiple awards at film festivals around the world. Denise co-produced and co-directed Digital Journey, an Emmy Award winning PBS series exploring emerging technologies in their social, environmental and cultural contexts. She co-directed Bridge to the Future, a short for PBS/TED Talks, and was co-producer on Amir Soltani’s Dogtown Redemption, an Independent Lens/PBS broadcast.
