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Thursday, September 6, 2007 – 7 p.m. Film screening: FREE Favela Rising Directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary, featuring Anderson Sá and Zuenir Ventura. A documentary about 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. Awards: International Documentary Association Film of the Year, Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker, Tribeca Film Festival; Best Documentary, Sydney International Film Festival; winner NY Latino Film Festival. www.favelarising.com Full program at www.verdeamarelo.org
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