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    Favela (Portuguese: [fɐˈvɛlɐ]) is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto, was...
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    Rocinha (redirect from Rocinha Favela)
    (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɔˈsĩɲɐ], little farm) is the second largest favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts...
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    do Caroço" with producers Jetlag; "Te Lo Dije" with Natti Natasha and "Favela Chegou" with Ludmilla. On March 15, the song "R.I.P." Mexican Sofía Reyes...
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    Favela Painting is the name of a series of community artwork in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil painted by Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn (known as...
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  • City of God (2002 film) (category Favelas)
    Zettel, and Seu Jorge. Most of the actors were, in fact, residents of favelas such as Vidigal and the Cidade de Deus itself. City Of God received widespread...
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  • 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...
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  • battalion"), who leads a police crackdown on a series of Rio de Janeiro favelas in-preparation for the Brazilian state visit of Pope John Paul II. Inspired...
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  • Mile Island—and Gavin Hood handing company Hatch Productions pictures of favelas as reference for the Africa scenes. Composed by Harry Gregson-Williams...
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    Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro (category Favelas)
    and their lives of petty crime during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in the favela where Lins grew up. An English translation by Alison Entrekin was published...
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  • Jai White, Neal McDonough, Laila Ali and Masashi Odate. Formerly titled Favela, Falcon Rising was intended to be the first installment of Moonstone Entertainment's...
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  • Baraka (film) (redirect from Baraka (movie))
    Misiones Brazil: Carajás Animal Reserve, Pará; Iguazu Falls, Paraná; Ipanema, Favela da Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro; Caiapó Village, Pará; Porto Velho, Rondônia;...
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    in India. They are known by various names in different places, such as favela in Brazil, villa miseria in Argentina and gecekondu in Turkey. Shanty towns...
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  • Moraes, which set the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice in a contemporary favela in Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval. The film was an international co-production...
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    Rio de Janeiro State (PMERJ) in Brazil. Due to the nature of crime in favelas, BOPE units utilize equipment deemed more powerful than traditional civilian...
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    Vigário Geral (category Favelas)
    Janeiro with a large favela. It is infamous for the Vigário Geral massacre that occurred here in 1993. Popular culture The movie Favela Rising follows the...
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  • Lyon and starring Ben Cross, Helena Mattsson, Dominic Keating and Marlene Favela. It is a stand-alone sequel and the only film of the Species series that...
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  • searching for the chip. Brian, Dom and Mia escape after a chase across the favelas. Dom suggests they split up and leave Rio, but Mia announces she is pregnant...
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    and racial segregation. Favela tourism: in Brazil India: Various places including Dharavi in Mumbai, as depicted in the movie Slumdog Millionaire Social...
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    episode "City of God", he and the 4Real crew traveled to City of God, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to meet Brazilian MC MV Bill and learn about...
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  • aspects: the directors, some of the actors, and the setting of the Brazilian favela with its background of gangsters and poverty. The show tells the stories...
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    programas – NOTÍCIAS – Mumbai tem residência mais cara do mundo e maior favela da Ásia Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Fantastico.globo...
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    Morro da Babilônia (category Favelas)
    Copacabana beach from Botafogo. It is home to a favela known by the same name, as well as the favela Chapéu Mangueira. Morro da Babilônia is an environmentally...
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    Filmmaker Award at the 2005 TriBeCa Film Festival for his film Favela Rising. Favela Rising also garnered a 2006 Emmy Nomination for Zimbalist, was named...
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  • as Edith Matthew Modine as Scott Shaw Vardaan Arora as Gary Amaan Adrian Favela as Luis Ortiz Tim de Zarn as Nate Roades Rhyan Elizabeth Hanavan as Ruthie...
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  • for Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us" which was filmed in a favela. The experience opened her eyes and she became determined to make films...
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  • Credited as Jeffrey Ventimilia "Animated 3D film 'Rio' premieres in Brazil favela". The Independent. UK. March 26, 2011. Archived from the original on September...
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    Morro dos Prazeres (category Favelas)
    statistical unit Escondidinho / Prazeres. The favela has found wider attention as a location of the 2008 movie Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) and as venue of...
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    Desnuda en la arena in Panamá, La Burrerita de Ypacaraí in Paraguay and Favela and La Leona in Brazil. Following Bó's death in 1981, Sarli retired from...
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  • Bus 174 (redirect from Bus 174 (movie))
    The event was caught live on television. The movie examines the incident and life in the slums and favelas of Rio de Janeiro and how the criminal justice...
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    period. De Jesus spent a significant part of her life in the Canindé [pt] favela in North São Paulo, supporting herself and three children as a scrap collector...
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