i actually found out about favela rising via the imdb website. i have a particular interest in afro brazilian culture and films. favela rising is one of those gems that gives a new meaning to human transformation. beautifully documented and filmed by jeff zimbalist and matt mochary its the story anderson sa and a former rio de janeiro drug trafficker who after the deaths of family members and friends becomes a christ like and malcolm x and and ghandi all rolled into one. sa formed afroreggae and a grassroots cultural movement that uses afro brazilian hiphop and capoeira(afro brazilian martial arts)drumming and and other artforms to transform the hopeless and most times angry youth into vibrant and viable and caring community loving individuals. a few years ago i remember going to a screening of city of god (cidade de deus) and walked out of the theatre completely numb. the images were grim yet stunning and you couldn not take your eyes off the screen. i remember how hopeless some situations were in the favelas and how decadent the society was due to the governments neglect. how drug trafficking was a way of life and how indifferent the citizens of the slums were because death was an every day occurrence. like city of god anderson sa talks about how the people of the favelas were also desensitized. he talks about the police corruption and and how the communities were so immobilized by drugs and gangs that you couldn not visit family members in other favelas you had to meet in a neutral location. unlike city of god anderson sa grassroots movement afroreggae provides solutions to the anger and the hopelessness. there was one part in the documentary where anderson and in the spirit of a preacher approached some youth and asked them to join afroreggae. these jaded youth were so scarred by everyday survival and violence. their role models were drug dealers and this is what they aspired to be. anderson told then that drug dealers do not live very long. there was reluctance of course but five months later he was able to get some of the youth to join afroreggae. the visuals in favela rising are beyond amazing. its clear to me that jeff zimbalist and matt mochary are not only great story tellers but visual artist as well. this is a must see documentary. there are some really magical and transforming moments in this documentary. i do not want to spoil them for you. i want you see it for yourself. please tell your friends and academics and youth counselors and family members about this wonderful film. it will make you care about the world and our children. i would give it eleven stars. 
i actually found out about favela rising via the imdb website. i have a particular interest in afro brazilian culture and films. favela rising is one of those gems that gives a new meaning to human transformation. beautifully documented and filmed by jeff zimbalist and matt mochary its the story anderson sa and a former rio de janeiro drug trafficker who after the deaths of family members and friends becomes a christ like and malcolm x and and ghandi all rolled into one. sa formed afroreggae and a grassroots cultural movement that uses afro brazilian hiphop and capoeira(afro brazilian martial arts)drumming and and other artforms to transform the hopeless and most times angry youth into vibrant and viable and caring community loving individuals. a few years ago i remember going to a screening of city of god (cidade de deus) and walked out of the theatre completely numb. the images were grim yet stunning and you couldn not take your eyes off the screen. i remember how hopeless some situations were in the favelas and how decadent the society was due to the governments neglect. how drug trafficking was a way of life and how indifferent the citizens of the slums were because death was an every day occurrence. like city of god anderson sa talks about how the people of the favelas were also desensitized. he talks about the police corruption and and how the communities were so immobilized by drugs and gangs that you couldn not visit family members in other favelas you had to meet in a neutral location. unlike city of god anderson sa grassroots movement afroreggae provides solutions to the anger and the hopelessness. there was one part in the documentary where anderson and in the spirit of a preacher approached some youth and asked them to join afroreggae. these jaded youth were so scarred by everyday survival and violence. their role models were drug dealers and this is what they aspired to be. anderson told then that drug dealers do not live very long. there was reluctance of course but five months later he was able to get some of the youth to join afroreggae. the visuals in favela rising are beyond amazing. its clear to me that jeff zimbalist and matt mochary are not only great story tellers but visual artist as well. this is a must see documentary. there are some really magical and transforming moments in this documentary. i do not want to spoil them for you. i want you see it for yourself. please tell your friends and academics and youth counselors and family members about this wonderful film. it will make you care about the world and our children. i would give it eleven stars. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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