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Skin Of Glass

Season 26, Episode 12 of 16

A filmmaker discovers her architect father's renowned building in Sao Paulo-a 24-story tall modernist icon known as "Pele de Vidro" (Skin of Glass)-is inhabited by unhoused people, setting her on a journey to reckon with Brazil's harsh inequality.

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2/17/2025
11 p.m.
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