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Favela Rising

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: Matt Mochary
Jeff Zimbalist

Release Date:
Theatrical: June 2, 2006
DVD: March 13, 2007

Running Time: 80 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Language(s): Portuguese (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Jose Junior, and Anderson Sa

Favela Rising documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sá is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro’s most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police. (ThinkFilm)

What The Critics Said

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80

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

Memorable and significant.

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75

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The larger message remains clear: Unified communities have more power than they realize, and the most vicious enemy of progress is learned helplessness.

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White

An inspirational portrait of an unwanted kid who brought culture to a world that had known only violence.

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70

LA Weekly Ernest Hardy

Elevated by fantastic performance footage of Sa and his young protégés singing, dancing and rhythmically banging on cans, plastic bottles or anything else that can be fashioned into a drum -- and a cultural revolution.

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70

The Hollywood Reporter Erik Pedersen

A daring and emotional documentary.

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50

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

All in all, the movement turned out to be a godsend for Rio natives, but the film is merely a pep rally.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Steven Winn

For all its drive and passion, Favela Rising is an uneven, spasmodic film.

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What Our Users Said

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