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Favela Rising

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Saturday October 10, 2009
Screening begins 17h30
Venue: Kineforum TIM Jakarta

"Indonesian Cinema Politica Festival"
session October - December 2009

in collaboration with South Project.Inc,iCAN, Kineforum and Infis

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Favela Rising

Their music fueled a movement. His message fought a war.

Jeff Zimbalist- Matt Mochary / Brazil- USA / 2005 / 80 min / Portuguese with English subtitles

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.

Trailer

Credits

Directors: Jeff Zimbalist, Matt Mochary
Producers: Matt Mochary, Jeff Zimbalist
Editor: Jeff Zimbalist
Cinematography: Jeff Zimbalist, Matt Mochary, Kelly Mark Green
Field Producers: Roberta Drumond, Mariana Benchimol
Associate Producers: José Junior, Tatiana Dorow
Executive Producers: Ravi Anne, Rich Lim
Original Music: Force Theory