Tati, an introspective 13 year old girl struggles to connect with her estranged father, Jaca, after he is released from prison in the turbulent wake of the Rio Olympics. As Brazilian Pacification Police battle to maintain a tenuous occupation of the surrounding Rio favelas, Tati and Jaca must navigate the clashing forces threatening to derail their hope for the future. Born of a seven-year creative collaboration between the community of 'Morro dos Prazeres' and writer/director, Paxton Winters, Pacificado / Pacified offers a bracingly intimate portrait of a family trying to find peace in the ever-shifting urban battlefield they call home.
Paxton Winters (Texas, USA. 1972) directed his first documentary, Silk Road ala Turka, as he traced the Silk Road by camel caravan for 18 months. His feature directorial debut, Crude (2003), landed the Best Dramatic Feature Award at the Los Angeles Festival and the Special Jury Prize at Seattle Festival. His next screenplay, a tale set in Iraq entitled Outside the Wire, was developed at the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab. He also directed the latest season of the Turkish TV series Alacakaranlik (Twilight). He has similarly filmed reports all over the world for TV channels such as the BBC, Arte, Al Jazeera, CNN, Time and NOS.