Projeto Portinari

Birth in Brodósqui; tailor father turns farm-hand in São Paulo; the hard time of immigrants in Brazil; the Austrian peasants’ exodus from farms; his conversion to the evangelical faith; honing skills as a tailor; childhood pranks with Candinho; the adventure of going to see Batatais on foot; his relationship with Portinari, both adults, in Brodósqui; the organization of the Communist Party in Brodósqui as suggested by Portinari; political persecution; the Communist Party’s headquarters in Brodósqui is shut down and locked; numerous subpoenas; prison; his relationship with prison guards; Portinari’s parents; the bands in Brodósqui; his son; childhood memories; Portinari and the painting of the Batatais Church; preaching the Gospel.