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M88 Signs Filmmaker Alexandre Moratto


M88 has signed filmmaker Alexandre Moratto for representation.

Alexandre MorattoCarolyn Cole Moratto’s debut feature film Socrates, made with UNICEF on a budget of $20k with a cast and crew of teenagers from São Paulo’s low-income communities, earned him the ‘Someone to Watch’ Independent Spirit Award. The film follows the titular character, a Black teen from the coast of Brazill and his journey to overcome poverty, grief following his mother’s death and homophobia. Matheus and a small group of teenagers in similar economic circumstances head to the big city, but when they get there a nightmare awaits.

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