Inspiring docu "Favela Rising" traces the rehabilitation of a murder-ravaged Rio de Janeiro slum (the favela of the title) by the power of music. A former drug dealer and a community activist confront ...

The Third Annual Global Peace Film Festival opened yesterday, December 7, in Orlando, FL. The festival, whose mission is the promotion of peace and peacemaking activities around the world through film ...

Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Documentary. Bonus features: Behind the documentary ; AfroReggae music video. Documents how former drug-trafficker Anderson Sa, and Jose Junior's Grupo ...

Working with fancy post-prod digitals courtesy of HBO, filmmakers Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary bring the Brazilian ghetto experience to Middle America, complete with harsh-contrast City of God ...

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