- Country: Brazil
- Genres: Documentary
- Release: 2004-06-23
- Director: Roberto Berliner
- Writers: Mauricio Lissovski
- Language: Portuguese
- Stars: Regina Barbosa , Maria das Neves Barbosa , Conceição Barbosa
- Runtime: 84 min
- Awards: 1 win & 7 nominations
- AKA: Όπως γεννιέται καθένας (Greece) , Born to Be Blind , A Pessoa É Para o Que Nasce , A Pessoa É Para o Que Nasce (Brazil) , Slepy los (Poland)
- Plot: In Campina Grande, Northeastern of Brazil, the three fifty and something year old illiterate Barbosa sisters (Maria das Neves a.k.a. "Maroca", Regina a.k.a."Poroca" and Conceição a.k.a. "Indaiá") are daughters of cousins and born blind. They have survived playing "ganzá" and begging on the streets of Campina Grande since their childhood. The director Roberto Berliner discloses in this remarkable documentary their sad stories, with poverty, rape, abuse inclusive sexual and love, but never corny; on the contrary, with a great message of strength, faith and hope.
- IMDB:tt0390942
Born to Be Blind Cast · · · ALL
Roberto Berliner
Director
Regina Casé
Self (archive footage)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Self
Nana Vasconcelos
Self (uncredited)
Gilberto Gil
Self (uncredited)
Pelé
Self (uncredited)
Roberto Berliner
Self (uncredited)