Movies: Favela
- 2015
The Violin Teacher (2015)
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After failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra, a talented violinist is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school. He soon finds his world transformed by the power of music and friendships formed with his pupils....
- 2016
Inside the Mind of Favela Funk (2016)
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Set in Rio de Janeiro's most notorious favelas, the underprivileged youth share their perspective on the extremely popular, pornographic favela funk music with respect to their personal (love) lives, situated in a lawless subculture of drug gangs, ma...
- 2009
Dancing with the Devil (2009)
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Rio de Janeiro. September, 2008. Three men stalk the gloomy back-alleys of the city's notorious slums. Spiderman, a 28-year-old drug lord, embarks on a routine patrol through the shadowy streets of Coréia, the sprawling slum he controls. Inspector Le...
- 2008
Streets of Rio (2008)
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Rio de Janeiro. Confronted with the violence that exists in the favela where he lives, Tiago sees the only way out to become a soccer player and, in this way, help his family to have a better life. Although he is the best player in his neighborhood a...
- 2007
Zé Barriga (2007)
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- 2011
Complexo: Parallel Universe (2011)
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No Rio de Janeiro, a 13 km do Cristo Redentor, dois portugueses aventuraram-se na mais temida favela do Brasil, onde moram mais de 300.000 pessoas - o Complexo do Alemão. Em 2007, no período de maior tensão e violência no Rio de Janeiro, viveram a ma...
- 1996
How Angels are Born (1996)
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Two children flee together with a grown up from a slum in Rio because this man had problems with the local drug lord. They end up in the house where a rich American citizen lives with his daughter....
- 2016
Fuga da Rocinha (2016)
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Anderson (Andrey Lopes) is a high-class youth living in Copacabana, and Eliza (Maiara Queiroz), a resident of Rocinha,the largest favela in Brazil. The two start a romance, but the first time Anderson meets the community in which she lives, he witnes...
- 2013
Our Stories, Ourselves (2013)
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Sixty-six adolescents, residents of Favela da Maré, were selected to participate in a dance show led by the choreographer Ivaldo Bertazzo, which incorporated their own daily experiences. Ten years later, directors David Meyer and Helena Soldberg sear...
- 2016
Ponho A Mão No Fogo (2016)
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The drama recounts the need for dialogue and attention on raising children through their characters: three mothers and their children. Marcia (Dani Tavares) A high-class mother and married, who always had everything and provides the same for your chi...
- 2023
Queda (2023)
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- 2004
The Miracle of Candeal (2004)
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The story of the Candeal favela in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, where musician Carlinhos Brown carries out social and cultural initiatives that protect and enrich the lives of its inhabitants every day....
- 2020
Black I Am (2020)
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The women of the first Garífuna community in Honduras work hard for the future of their daughters. Surrounded by a dazzling landscape, they celebrate their identity and the importance of maternal figures....
- 2015
Gringo on the Slum (2015)
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Documentary about the foreign tourism in Rocinha, the biggest Latin America's favela, which receives about 3.000 foreign tourists per month. They come to Rocinha looking for the most varied aspects, from the poorness to the violence, from the geograp...
- 2022
Noites em Claro (2022)
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- 2022
L'Homme de Rio - A vida loca (2022)
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- 2018
Eu, Minha Mãe e Wallace (2018)
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The story of a photograph: A single mother, an absent father and a child....
- 2016
The Other Side of the Postcard (2016)
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The Favela Pacification Program was launched in 2008 to reduce crime and drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In April 2015 however, police shot and killed 10-year old Eduardo in Complexo do Alemão, causing uproar in that community. Alemão and...
- 2020
Complexes (2020)
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The short documentary ‘Complexos‘ features intimate and emotional views on how residents of favelas in Rio de Janeiro use media and arts to raise their voices and act for justice, dignity and respect. ‘Complexos’ is part of a collaborative process be...
- 2012
Straight to the Point (2012)
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Documentary about the singer Bezerra da Silva and the relation with his composers....