After three months of teaching brass at the project three times a week on a voluntary basis, today is Sigrún K. Jónsdóttir’s last day at Favela Brass. Please take the time to watch the personal appeal that she recorded this afternoon, encouraging friends of the project to consider the possibility of signing up for a monthly donation to support our work.
Bindu Mathur was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada and worked for 10 years in London as a TV producer/director, making science and history documentaries for the BBC, Discovery and Channel 4. She also made videos for international NGOs and has filmed in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America. Resident in Rio de Janeiro since 2007 she is the owner of the award-winning Casa Beleza B&B in Santa Teresa, where she lives with her husband and two children. She is a long-time collaborator with Favela Brass including making films for the project. Her children also studied at the project.