Genius Products is proud to announce the release of acclaimed documentary Favela Rising on DVD on March 13th. Experience the music and dance that helped revolutionize Rio de Janeiro. The film chronicles the rise of the AfroReggae movement and showcases how music became a catalyst for grass-roots social change.
Directed by Matt Mochary and Jeff Zimbalist, Favela Rising received accolades at over 35 film festivals, earning the Best New Documentary Filmmaker Awards at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, the Audience Award at 2005 Leeds International Film Festival as well as the IDA Awards from the International Documentary Association in 2005.
Synopsis:
FAVELA RISING documents 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.
Price: $24.95
Order Due Date: January 30, 2007
Street Date: March 13, 2007
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Languages: Portuguese
Subtitles: English
Running time: 82 minutes