Yellow Slum

Raised in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Damião joins a local drug gang to help pay for college. During a night shift, he spots hooded figures sneaking through the forest toward a church, uncovering an NGO tied to powerf

Funk Favela

Combining testimonials from characters who make the São Paulo funk scene happen with observational excerpts, director Kenya Zanatta addresses the multiplicities and contradictions of the movement. By tackling issues such

Favela on Blast

For 20 years, a subculture has emerged in Brazil under society's radar. It is the culture surrounding 'funk carioca', a musical rhythm which mixes the American electronic funk of the 1980s with the most diverse influence

Favela

A girl goes from a favela to the luxurious scenarios of the international singing industry

Favela Gay

Favela Gay tells the story of eleven individuals in their own words. Living in eight slums (favelas) in Rio de Janeiro, these members of the LGBTQ community – two transgender women, a crossdressing man, a travesti prosti

Five Times Favela

Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.

Favela Fabril

An old fabric is occupied by more than 1000 families, but the building will be demolished by the government, that will build new houses for the people.

Olympic Favela

Olympic Favela portrays two families who are forced to give up their homes, and leave their favela communities near the construction site of the newly built Olympic Park as Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 2016 Olympi

Food, Funk & Favela

"Food, Funk and Favela", which portrays the story of the NGO project "Cozinhas Solidárias Gastromotiva", draws a direct parallel between three elements that are fundamental to building a new future: food, culture and a l

Favela Rising

A man emerges from the slums of Rio to lead the nonviolent cultural movement known as Afro-reggae.

Favela Government

Brazil's "Red Command" drug cartel is considered a plague by the government. But for the people of the favelas they control, Red Command *is* the government. They’re the de facto leadership of the area. The gang has take

Boys From The Slum

A documentary following boys growing up in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, revealing the hardships of daily life, poverty, violence, and the lack of opportunities that limit their choices, dreams, and hopes for a better future

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 life. It is the São Paulo chapter of the cultural history of national r

Surfing Favela

Favela Olímpica

Favela Olímpica unfolds in Rio de Janeiro on both sides of the wall separating the new Olympic Stadium and the favéla Vila Autódromo. Nothing prevents the co-existence of these two worlds but some judge them "incompatibl

Favela do Papa

The film shows the resistance movement of the residents of Favela do Vidigal against the removal order, an important chapter in the history of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s.

Elas da Favela

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves

The project '5 x slum, now by ourselves' gathered over 80 young people from Rio's favelas (slums), selected through workshops, script and filmmaking techniques to create a feature film consisting of five stories that ref

Favela dos Meus Amores

Two young men from Paris bring "wonderful civilizing ideas" into the brain. But, as they returned without pity, they began to call for an auction of the furniture and objects of art that garrison their "garconiére", last

Morro da Favela