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Favela rising / Sidetrack Films and Voy Pictures present a film by Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary.
LIBRA DVD 002 586
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Social problems--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Social problems.
- Police misconduct.
- Drug traffic.
- Black people.
- Social conditions.
- Youth.
- Squatter settlements.
- Slums.
- Social movements.
- Political activists.
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Social conditions.
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
- AfroReggae (Musical group).
- Sá, Anderson.
- Political activists--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Case studies.
- Social movements--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Slums--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Case studies.
- Squatter settlements--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Case studies.
- Youth--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Social conditions.
- Black people--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Social conditions.
- Drug traffic--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Police misconduct--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Case studies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [New York?] : Thinkfilm : HBO Documentary Films, [2006?]
- Language Note:
- Chiefly in Portuguese with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital stereo., 5.1.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Documents how former drug-trafficker, Anderson Sá and the Grupo Cultural AfroReggae are working to unite a Rio slum, or favela, against a violent drug industry and police oppression.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, editor, Jeff Zimbalist ; original music, Force Theory ; featured music, AfroReggae.
- Notes:
- Originally produced in 2005.
- Special features include: behind-the-scenes footage; AfroReggae music video; theatrical trailer.
- OCLC:
- 65167889
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