Candeal is a marginal area in the heart of Salvador, the capital of Bahia and home of Grammy award winning musician Carlinhos Brown. The film is a stunning parable of how a notorious slum transformed itself into a model community through the power of music, pushed along by Brown’s commitment to the local youth.In this story shows how solidarity and thestruggle of a small group of people can change and improve the lives of an entire community. Candeal, music, Carlinhos Brown, Bebo Valdés are the four pillars on which rests the film.To better understand the spirit of the film, the beginning of the transformation of Candeal, might have to go back some years ago.