Favela rising

Favela rising

DVD - 2007

Documents how former drug-trafficker Anderson Sa, and Jose Junior's Grupo Cultural AfroReggae are working to unite a Rio slum, or favela, against a violent drug industry and police oppression. The Grupo Cultural AfroReggae organization uses music as an instrument of change, to offer an alternative to the drug lords as role models for the children of the favela, and Sa is the lead vocalist for their band, AfroReggae.

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Subjects
Sá, Anderson.
Junior, José.
Grupo Cultural AfroReggae.
AfroReggae (Musical group)
Political activists > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Social movements > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro.
Documentary films.
Social movements.
Vigário Geral (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) > Social conditions.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Social conditions.
Published
Santa Monica, CA : Genius Entertainment [2007]
Language
Portuguese
English
Corporate Author
AfroReggae (Musical group)
Corporate Author
AfroReggae (Musical group) (-)
Other Authors
Jeff Zimbalist (-), Matt Mochary
Item Description
Originally produced in 2005.
Bonus features: Behind the documentary; AfroReggae music video; theatrical trailer.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (DVD)(82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
NTSC, region 1.
Production Credits
Editor, Jeff Zimbalist ; cinematography, Jeff Zimbalist , Matt Mochary, Kelly Mark Green ; original music, Force Theory ; featured music, AfroReggae.
ISBN
9781594444180
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