A story about fighting for a place where life can still remain simple.

Stories in Light – Brazil.
Episode 3: Elçon

I meet Elçon on the beach of Lençóis.

On the place where his grandmother once gave birth to eleven children.

They lived simply.
From what the land and the sea provided.

But life was hard, and eventually the family moved to the city.

Two generations later, Elçon returned.

After a long legal battle, he was able to reclaim the land that once belonged to his family.

Along many beaches in Brazil, high-rise apartments and luxury resorts are rising.

But here, in Lençóis, things are different.

Here, people still build their own homes.
They catch their own fish.

A story about returning to your roots.
About standing up for what is rightfully yours.
And about fighting for a place where life can still remain simple.