Favela Movies
- 2015
The Violin Teacher
The Violin Teacher6.62015HD
After failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra, a talented violinist is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school. He soon...
- 2011
Complexo: Parallel Universe
Complexo: Parallel Universe7.32011HD
No Rio de Janeiro, a 13 km do Cristo Redentor, dois portugueses aventuraram-se na mais temida favela do Brasil, onde moram mais de 300.000 pessoas -...
- 1996
How Angels are Born
How Angels are Born6.81996HD
Two children flee together with a grown up from a slum in Rio because this man had problems with the local drug lord. They end up in the house where...
- 2009
Dancing with the Devil
Dancing with the Devil5.42009HD
Rio de Janeiro. September, 2008. Three men stalk the gloomy back-alleys of the city's notorious slums. Spiderman, a 28-year-old drug lord, embarks on...
- 2020
Complexes
Complexes62020HD
The short documentary ‘Complexos‘ features intimate and emotional views on how residents of favelas in Rio de Janeiro use media and arts...
- 2022
Noites em Claro
Noites em Claro02022HD
- 2016
Inside the Mind of Favela Funk
Inside the Mind of Favela Funk82016HD
Set in Rio de Janeiro's most notorious favelas, the underprivileged youth share their perspective on the extremely popular, pornographic favela funk...
- 2018
Eu, Minha Mãe e Wallace
Eu, Minha Mãe e Wallace3.52018HD
The story of a photograph: A single mother, an absent father and a child.
- 2016
Ponho A Mão No Fogo
Ponho A Mão No Fogo02016HD
The drama recounts the need for dialogue and attention on raising children through their characters: three mothers and their children. Marcia (Dani...
- 2016
The Other Side of the Postcard
The Other Side of the Postcard7.52016HD
The Favela Pacification Program was launched in 2008 to reduce crime and drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In April 2015 however, police...
- 2020
Black I Am
Black I Am02020HD
The women of the first Garífuna community in Honduras work hard for the future of their daughters. Surrounded by a dazzling landscape, they...
- 2007
Zé Barriga
Zé Barriga02007HD
- 2002
Favela no Ar
Favela no Ar02002HD
The documentary shows the awakening of the poor youth to social consciousness in the identification of life that imitates art with art that imitates...
- 2017
The Good Fight
The Good Fight6.52017HD
A boxer in Rio's favelas opens a club to help keep kids out of the burgeoning drug trade.
- 2013
Our Stories, Ourselves
Our Stories, Ourselves7.52013HD
Sixty-six adolescents, residents of Favela da Maré, were selected to participate in a dance show led by the choreographer Ivaldo Bertazzo,...
- 2014
Public Domain
Public Domain92014HD
Between 2011 and 2014, the documentary investigated the changes in Rio de Janeiro on behalf of mega-events: UPPs in slums, forced evictions, public...
- 2023
Queda
Queda102023HD
- 2016
Fuga da Rocinha
Fuga da Rocinha92016HD
Anderson (Andrey Lopes) is a high-class youth living in Copacabana, and Eliza (Maiara Queiroz), a resident of Rocinha,the largest favela in Brazil....
- 2008
Streets of Rio
Streets of Rio5.52008HD
Rio de Janeiro. Confronted with the violence that exists in the favela where he lives, Tiago sees the only way out to become a soccer player and, in...
- 2004
The Miracle of Candeal
The Miracle of Candeal52004HD
The story of the Candeal favela in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, where musician Carlinhos Brown carries out social and cultural initiatives that protect...