Favela Rising

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Their music fuelled a movement. His message fought a war. 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. At the dawn of liberation, just as collective mobility is overcoming all odds and Anderson’s grassroots Afro Reggae movement is at the height of its success, a tragic accident threatens to silence the movement forever. - Website DVD Special Features - Original Theatrical Trailer

Favela Rising

Madman Films

Release Date: 16/08/2006
Audio tracks: Dolby Digital 2.0
Languages: Portuguese
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jeff Zimbalist
Subtitles: English subtitles
Runtime: 79.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4 (PAL)
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Original Aspect Ratio
Catalogue: MMA2447

"Favela Rising is an important reminder of how human beings can unite to effect grass-roots social change" BBC FILM
"An engrossing documentary " Peter Brayshaw, THE GUARDIAN
"a heartening, poetic documentary" Philip French, THE GUARDIAN
"An uplifting story that's well worth telling" EMPIRE MAGAZINE