​Herbert de Souza (‘Betinho’), sociologist and activist, was born a hemophiliac, then he faced and beat tuberculosis, life underground, and exile. He became a symbol of Amnesty and, with AIDs, began the first campaigns about the disease. He leads several social movements and the Movement for Ethics in Politics. In 1993, he launches the Citizens’ Action Against Hunger and in Favour of Life, a campaign that mobilises millions of Brazilians and changes the course of the country. In a perennial fight against injustice and death, Betinho’s saga reveals an essential character in Brazilian history.​