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.
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AWARDS:
- Best Feature Film, 2005 International Documentary Association Distinguished
Documentary Achievement Awards.
- Emerging Documentary Filmmaker, 2005 Tribeca Film Festival
- Short-listed for an Academy Award
DISTRIBUTION:
In US theaters with ThinkFilm.
On US television with HBO/Cinemax.
DVD sales via www.favelarising.com.
On DVD with
Netflix. On soundtrack with Cheap
Lullaby. In non-US countries with international agent
Lumina Films.
http://www.favelarising.com
