Vanderly Scarabelli, member of the National Leadership Committee for the MST, has been active in the movement since 1992. Prior to his participation, Vanderly was involved with the social movements of the Comunidades Eclesiais de Base (base church communities – CEBs) and the Workers Party (PT), both of which have been crucial to establishing the foundation of what has become the largest social movement in Latin America.

"Don't Steal Our Sun; You Already Own the Cage," is a documentary about people struggling for economic and political empowerment despite the difficult obstacles set before them due to profound inequalities that have plagued Brazil since colonization. Shot in 2003 in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, birthplace of the MST, this documentary investigates Brazil’s recent transition from dictatorship to democracy; the rise of the Workers Party to political power through grassroots movements; the struggle of The Landless Worker’s Movement for land and dignity; and the World Social Forum which declares “another world is possible.”

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