Straight to the Point

Public Domain

Between 2011 and 2014, the documentary investigated the changes in Rio de Janeiro on behalf of mega-events: UPPs in slums, forced evictions, public sp

2014

Quando a parede cai

2009

Zé Barriga

2007

Grafite é do Morro

2023

Complexes

The short documentary ‘Complexos‘ features intimate and emotional views on how residents of favelas in Rio de Janeiro use media and arts to raise thei

2020

Gringo on the Slum

Documentary about the foreign tourism in Rocinha, the biggest Latin America's favela, which receives about 3.000 foreign tourists per month. They come

2015

Complexo: Parallel Universe

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

2011

Dancing with the Devil

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

2009

The Other Side of the Postcard

The Favela Pacification Program was launched in 2008 to reduce crime and drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In April 2015 however, police sho

2016

L'Homme de Rio - A vida loca

2022

The Good Fight

A boxer in Rio's favelas opens a club to help keep kids out of the burgeoning drug trade.

2017

São Paulo: Uma Cidade Segregada

2020

Favela no Ar

The documentary shows the awakening of the poor youth to social consciousness in the identification of life that imitates art with art that imitates l

2002

Inside the Mind of Favela Funk

Set in Rio de Janeiro's most notorious favelas, the underprivileged youth share their perspective on the extremely popular, pornographic favela funk m

2016

Black I Am

The women of the first Garífuna community in Honduras work hard for the future of their daughters. Surrounded by a dazzling landscape, they celebrate

2020

Our Stories, Ourselves

Sixty-six adolescents, residents of Favela da Maré, were selected to participate in a dance show led by the choreographer Ivaldo Bertazzo, which incor

2013

Chega de Demanda

Documentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro Carioca and in Samba during his life. Founder of the Esco

1973

Noites em Claro

2022

Streets of Rio

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 t

2008

Ponho A Mão No Fogo

The drama recounts the need for dialogue and attention on raising children through their characters: three mothers and their children. Marcia (Dani Ta

2016