Artur Santos Silva

Owners of Portugal is a documentary about one hundred years of economic power. The film portrays the State protection to families that dominated the country's economy, their strategies for power and wealth accumulation. Mello, Champalimaud, Espírito Santo - big families intersect by marriage and integrate by finance. Threatened by the end of the dictatorship, their power is restored under democracy, through privatization and promiscuity with politics. New economic groups - Amorim, Sonae, Jerónimo Martins - grow on the same basis. As the crisis unravels the limits of Portuguese economic development model, this film presents the actors and the main choices that brought us here.

Through eight projects developed in collaboration with Fundación 'la Caixa', this Secuoya Studios production delves into the impact of philanthropy in areas such as medical research, refugee support, local commerce promotion, and migrant integration. Through interviews with experts, beneficiaries, and key figures from the sector, Humanity offers an inspiring look at how these initiatives are helping to improve the world we live in.