tv Reporter Deutsche Welle December 9, 2019 1:15am-1:30am CET
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cooper. welcome to night. week w. 7 7 7 7 ringback they're drunk jump to their eyeballs and there embroidering do you want tina says project creates fashion with people who are usually surrounded by prostitution crack and chaos says there was this project is about healing and to heal people have to work together. this is talk of tom capital of columbia and more specifically science of faith home
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to our rather unconventional fashion show. margot it is doesn't like getting up early she's agreed to make an exception for us because otherwise it's difficult to get her on her own. if hearing which and there's always a lot of people here there's always someone ringing at the door i love the piece which is the opposite of chaos but order is also good so long as it doesn't put a brake on improvisation. they produce. de'monte no name translates as diamond rainbow she called herself this a few years ago after her brother's violent death triggered what she calls inner revolution. gossip and i had
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a lovely house in the wealthy noisy husband children everything was perfect. then i opened my eyes with a new consciousness caused by the shock with my brother and when you want to have very deep feelings then you have to look after others. but there's no other way or no it's just. her talent it's fashion she likes finding unusual combinations and mixing traditional and modern styles and her unusual group of colleagues now consist of thieves homeless people drug addicts. and we'll put it this is neoprene i bought it in new york order it's very fashionable at the moment very high tech high street people make this and while they're doing that they don't really notice what is happening. that is going to miss their minds are full of chaos and there isn't any order any sense of time no beginning or end and then
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a process begins with the effort of persisting at something of being patient of taking time dragging a needle and making a mistake and correcting it and the result is an item of clothing and then they understand everything where. they were doing this for years it's not a game it's serious this is. goes right out onto the streets to find her models and colleagues in santa fe one of the most crime ridden parts of bogota. francesca is a sex worker and de'monte now think she will be perfect on the catwalk. you remember. what i'm doing and i like fashion and i like what i'm going to wear and what i'm going to do. there are
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a lot of antics and lots of cheap ways of getting high around here crack and glue are particularly popular. i mean. it makes me happy. de'monte know talks to everyone she likes living here she's not scared. is somebody you can't be controlled by fear everyone is either controlled by fear or love love protects us i never thought about it it was like a vocation i just did it now i'm thinking about it only because you asked me. edwin decided to leave home when he was 10 he couldn't stand his stepfather and he felt free on the streets. and the kid when you're
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a child you're like an animal you can get used to anything i had out to my passed the test of the street. i survived the hunger the cold hunger forces you to go out to look for food or work because otherwise you die. now he's 21 years old and he does odd jobs here and there. he gets $0.50 or so if he carries someone's bags for instance. there's a lot of competition but and when he's alert. he says it's tough but it's even worse for the children in africa. you know. he says it's ok sleeping rough and with this project he now has something new in
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his life. when other doors close at night opens her. i think i. have heard from apple. anyone can conquer however high they are. was 7 7. one of them pulls a knife but de'monte doesn't mind that we haven't put that away what's wrong relax have a seat let me sort this out. through her and she has some nice words for everyone as well as sewing needles thread and instructions. from her own impotence. to come get them with can you change the music. that i was on we attract people from the streets who are just walking by looking for
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a community who are on the same wavelength as us all here for a reason and we attract them. and gradually the atmosphere changes calm descends on the chaos everyone gets lost in the work. edwin came here especially to embroider. the book or the atmosphere is good there isn't any stress the people are cool. it's like a home. run where everything works. and there's no trouble michael. is not going to go off and this is an item of clothing that we're going to present at the fashion show and it's very important to do it well and you're doing it really well ok you have to continue here if this is your red thread good work went off.
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not only does this work offer them a bit of a break from the streets but if they like it could eventually open up a whole new prospects the fashion show is taking place in 2 days edwin has already proven he's talented guy. when do you want to be in the show. are you sure don't drop me when you have to be there. at 7 morning evening. its called but edwin is going to sleep on the street totally unprotected with just his blanket. up and. learn to live with people a lot has happened to me at the beginning i was robbed. but generally most people have accepted me i don't have any enemies. i'm not back
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kind of person. i'm not a criminal i don't steal. none of that. sort of. de'monte 9 doesn't know whether whole turn up for the fashion show. tomorrow is another day. there are just a few hours left before the show. finally it's the big day de'monte no still doesn't know if all her models will turn up. the whole event could be a disaster but she says she's learned to not expect anything and just to take things as they come. ok you have to set aside your ego this isn't about me and i'm not saving the world this is an exchange who knows maybe the people i'm working with will rescue me in the end i shouldn't think that their life is bad and mine is good that would be a mistake. and there's
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a lot of cooperation in the last 3 hours before showtime. and in the end all the models turn up although they're not used to having such responsibility . and. it's getting exciting. though some seem to be oblivious at least when it's here. and francesca 2 who might still be a bit nervous. a transformation has taken place people who are often despised and sometimes despise themselves now feel and look great. and. this is why i feel so handsome.
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boomerangs to you. because it's beautiful. and it's an all round success. you know it's this kind of experience that can change people's lives. dialin was a sex worker and now she is a hairdresser remarried person it was a dramatic change. we did i was a good. thing i used to think very differently then for now i think you could download one. and now it's finally time. if they were in its final 4 this is for us to see whether people come or not or buy or not that doesn't matter as much as us let's have fun if they want i love you. dad i'm. thanking god everyone
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ready. and the show begins if an item of clothing is sold then everyone here will be paid for their work. friends and de'monte not turn up for the about and everyone involved is full of pride. the project is a success and one that could open up new prospects for the inhabitants of santa pray. for all of the really. good. we're about. to.
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