Prismas
A human documentary filmed in Rocinha, Brazil's largest favela, exploring culture, identity, history, and belonging through the eyes of a local resident.
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Author · Filmmaker · Human storyteller
Books, films, and intimate human narratives shaped with truth, beauty, and emotional depth.
About Alessandra
I have spent my life moving between worlds: Brazil, England, Italy, and the quiet inner landscapes that illness, recovery, work, art, and reinvention ask us to cross.
Those transitions taught me that identity is not fixed. It is formed in the spaces where opposites meet: discipline and imagination, city noise and silence, vulnerability and strength, what we survive and what we finally allow ourselves to feel.
Stories became my refuge, not as an escape, but as a place of honesty. Through the camera's gaze and the slow unfolding of words on a page, I found a way to witness what often remains hidden: the truths we carry silently, the emotions we learn to suppress, and the experiences that long for recognition.
My calling is to honour real people, illuminate hidden resilience, and shape narratives of courage, rebirth, and truth with care. Because when we see one another clearly, even briefly, healing becomes possible.
One human truth at a time.
Three Doors
Every story asks to be entered differently: through the intimacy of a book, the listening eye of film, or the careful shaping of a narrative with purpose.
Literature for the hidden places in us: the wounds, the silences, and the courage to begin again.
Read the memoir and future fiction
An intimate human-storytelling studio, crafting films that listen before they speak.
Explore documentaries and human stories
Story development, documentary portraits, and sensitive creative direction for meaningful work.
Commission story-led creative work
Books
A real story of survival, faith, motherhood, vulnerability, and inner strength. Written to offer hope, dignity, and truth to those who need it most.
Part of the proceeds support INCA, Brazil's National Cancer Institute.
Future Literature
A poetic fantasy trilogy in development, where destiny, memory, love, free will, and the invisible threads of the soul collide across time.
Book I · The Awakening
Yo's Filmes
We create films rooted in truth, humanity, and emotional resonance. Every frame is an invitation to see the world with sensitivity, presence, and compassion.
A human documentary filmed in Rocinha, Brazil's largest favela, exploring culture, identity, history, and belonging through the eyes of a local resident.
Food donations, toys, community events, and support for a capoeira social project became part of the film's living story.
Intimate perspective, artisanal creation, real voices, poetic visuals, and purpose-led storytelling.
Services
For people, communities, and organizations that need narratives handled with depth, sensitivity, and cinematic care.
Short documentary portraits, legacy films, founder stories, and community-led narratives.
Memoir shaping, story development, sensitive interviews, and poetic editorial direction.
Films and written narratives for cultural, charitable, educational, and women-led initiatives.
Visual concept, tone of voice, story architecture, and emotionally coherent brand worlds.
Connect
If you would like to collaborate, share a story, invite Alessandra into a project, or ask about books and films, your message will be received with care.
Choose the channel that feels easiest. Alessandra receives personal notes, collaboration ideas, and story invitations there.
WhatsApp is ready for Alessandra's number when you want to connect it directly.