STOREFRONT FILM SERIES 2007
O MORRO/THE HILL
ISSUES OF REPRESENTATION IN THE MODERN-DAY FAVELA
O Morro (The Hill) is a monthly film series that raises questions regarding representation of the favela in Brazilian film and architecture. Cinema’s fascination with the favela is often driven by genuine social concern for its inhabitants, but does it ultimately reinforce existing forms of exploitation and prejudice?
SCREENING III
7.30 PM on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 @ Anthology FIlm Archives
OMNIBUS 174 (Bus 174)
(Directors: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda)
The film’s subject is the June 12, 2000, bus hijacking that happened in Rio de Janeiro. Sandro do Nascimento, a young man from a poor background, bungled a robbery and ended up holding the passengers on a bus hostage for four hours. The event was caught live on television. The movie examines the incident and what life is like in the slums and favelas of Rio de Janeiro, specifically how the criminal justice system in Brazil treats class.
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