March • 2022
Paula and Diego did an amazing job on this large and difficult project. They were a pleasure to work with and the product is amazing.
Paula Sacchetta A.
São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
5 reviews$250 - $700 / Day
About
Paula Sacchetta graduated in journalism at Sao Paulo University (USP), has worked for Globo, TV Brasil, O Estado de São Paulo newspaper and O2 Filmes. Paula won the Amnesty and Human Rights Vladimir Herzog Award in the magazine category, for an article about the National Truth Commission published in a special edition of the Caros Amigos magazine in 2012. She has directed "Truth 12.528", a documentary on the Brazilian National Truth Commission and The more prisoners, greater profit. Diego Lajst has graduated in photography and has been producing and directing short commercials and documentaries for the web since 2009. As part of the Galeria Experiencia collective, he created videos for Folha de São Paulo, O Estado de São Paulo and other important media outlets. He's working since 2014 in a web series about the water crisis in São Paulo metropolitan region, called Volume Vivo, whose first two chapters have been shown in festivals in town.
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- News Shooter / Video Journalist
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- Documentary DP
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February • 2021
Excellent work!
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4.0 Produced for AJPlus
From Mother to Drug Mule
Marta was pregnant, penniless and unable to feed her kids when she agreed to smuggle cocaine. She was caught in a Brazilian airport. Here is her story.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
5.0 Produced for TRT World Programs
Is Brazil’s President a Man of (All) the People?
The so-called “Trump of the Tropics”, Jair Bolsonaro was sworn is as Brazil's president in January. The former army captain promised to stamp out crime. In the first four months of his presidency, 558 people were killed by police in Rio de Janeiro alone. That's nearly five killings per day, according to the government's own data. Bigger Than Five went to São Paulo to hear how Brazilians there view their populist president.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
4.0 Produced for AJPlus
Meet the first heavy metal player wearing a Niqab.
This Brazilian woman is rocking stereotypes in a niqab and with her guitar. Shot by video journalists Paula Sacchetta and Rica Saito in Brazil for AJ+.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for Mira Filmes
Agência Pública - The more prisoners, greater profit. (no english subtitles)
Today there are about 200 private prisons around the world, half of them in the United States. The model began to be implemented in the country in the 1980s, following the logic of increasing incarceration and reduce costs. In Brazil, the first private prison was opened in 2013. The slogan of it is "lower cost and higher efficiency," but experts doubt about what is considered "efficiency".
- Documentary DP
Produced for Sesc
Sesc International Circus Festival: Otavio Fantinato
This video is part of a web series created for Sesc Circus Festival in 2014. Sesc is a Brazilian non-profit private institution, kept by businessmen in the trade of goods, services and tourism. It has operations in all Brazil. Diego Lajst has produced, directed and did cinematography in the 2014 and 2015 Festival's web videos like this one.
- Documentary DP
Produced for Caliban Produções Cinematográficas
Truth 12.528 (english subtitles)
Brazil’s dictatorship - 1964 - 1985 - was a dark period in the country’s history. 30 years after the Amnesty Law was enacted, we are still struggling to bring to light the facts, reconstructing the puzzle with the sccatered pieces from that period. The newly established Truth Commission was created to make an effort in this direction. This documentary was created to record this process.
- Documentary DP
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- DSLR or equivalent
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- Wireless lavalier mic
- Shotgun mic
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- Shoulder rig
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