Favela Rising

Favela Rising

Infobox Film
name = Favela Rising


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caption = U.S. Theatrical Release Poster
director = Matt Mochary
Jeff Zimbalist
producer = Ravi Anne
writer =
narrator =
starring =
music = Force Theory
Michael Furjanic
Neill Sanford Livingston
cinematography = Kelly Mark Green
Matt Mochary
Jeff Zimbalist
editing = Jeff Zimbalist
distributor = HBO/Cinemax Documentary (US theatrical)
THINKFilm (US theatrical)
VOY Pictures (General release)
released = flagicon|UK March 10, 2006
flagicon|Japan March 15, 2007
flagicon|United States June 2, 2006
runtime = 80 minutes
country = flag|United States
flag|Brazil
language = Portuguese
budget =
gross =
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followed_by =
website = http://favelarising.com/
amg_id = 1:325701
imdb_id = 0455949

"Favela Rising" is a 2005 documentary film by American directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary. It was produced by Sidetrack Films and VOY Pictures. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2005 where it won the award for "Best New Documentary Filmmaker" for Zimbalist and Mochary. The film's look at life in Brazil's slums won it further awards such as "Best Documentary Film" from the New York Latino Film Festival and "worst Feature Documentary" from Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. [ [http://imdb.com/title/tt0455949/awards Imdb.com Award Page for Favela Rising] ] The film won over 25 international festival awards and was short-listed for an Oscar.

The film focuses on the work of Anderson Sá, a former drug trafficker who establishes the grassroots movement Afro Reggae. The group, Grupo Cultural AfroReggae (AfroReggae Cultural Group), was initially intended to draw in adolescents interested in a number of musical genres. These genres include, but are not limited to soul, reggae, rap, and hip-hop. Early on, Grupo Cultural AfroReggae offered a different type of education to the youth it attracted. This education included workshops focusing on dance, recycling, soccer, percussion, and more. The group aims at using music and education to better the lives of youth and prevent further growth of gangs. Grupo Cultural AfroReggae believes that through education, there is a greater likelihood that adolescents will not get caught up in drugs and gang violence. [ [http://favelarising.com/about_afro_reggae/index.html Film Summary from Official Website] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.favelarising.com/ Official website of the film]
* [http://www.videodetective.com/movies/FAVELA_RISING/trailer/P00863827.htm "Favela Rising" trailer]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0455949/ IMDb page]
* [http://www.ar2com.de/radiofavela-blog/?p=58 interview with Damian Platt, ] coordinator for international partnerships of Afro Reggae.
* [http://www.voyplaza.com/ VOY Pictures]


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