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Originally Posted by Darjis  i am very interested in hearing more of the "they don't care about us" stories. in particular, the brazillian video.
my girlfriend/spouse is from brazil and apparently that video mean't the world to them. specifically because 1) it was shot in the favela's where the very poor of brazil live and 2) because there is a very distinct uncaring attitude towards the poor from the gov't. plus, having the live drumming from Olodum was a huge thing for their culture down there...
anyone have any stories on the reasons why that direction was chosen? was it by micheal, did he realize the effect it had on the people? etc?
it brings me to tears everytime i watch it. it's aweful the way people are treated there...
anyways, thanks in advance...
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It was shot at Pelourinho, which is not a favela per se, but the old historic downtown where poor people live. It's one of our most important historic places. Bahia is the first place where european arrived 500 years ago and started to build civilization as we know today.
I was a little kid when this happened but i remember the media reaction to the video recording and, more important, the human commotion to see the great pop idol of all times in front of them.
Olodum is still very important, mainly in the Brazilian northest region, for their work with poor children, teaching music and spreading culture. It gained some international media reaction because of MJ (although i learned that in some countries there was another version of the video) and we were very pleased that he chose to work with them.
I remember all this very poorly, but yes, it was a big deal to all Brazilian people at the time.
I am very pleased with this thread, since we can get to know like no other how the real MJ really was. I am spreading the world with your stories to my family and friends and it's great to see the reactions (like my sister: "i knew he wasn't all that the media said. i knew it.").
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