City of God - under construction

[Zensteve]

I'm sure many of you have seen the heart-breaking film "City of God".

It also spawned a television series, and the somewhat optomistic "City of Men".

At any rate, this fine city of Rio De Janeiro is hosting the Olympic Games in 2016... and the city's cleanup is underway.

From an article in the NY Times:

For decades, City of God — whose brutal past was immortalized in a 2002 film — was one of the city’s most fearsome neighborhoods, so dangerous that even the police rarely dared to enter.

Those days seem long gone. Drug dealing remains, and in at least one area, outsiders can enter only with permission from local youths who patrol the streets.

Still, the men with the big guns are gone, or at least have been driven underground. And life is returning to the streets.

Entire article is here: Link to article


...and here's a link to the accompanying video:

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/10/10/world/americas/1248069140837/taming-the-city-of-god.html


At any rate... a film worth seeing if you haven't... and hope for the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqD7MksivSo

 

[NicklausLouis]

Amazing film!

 

[Cracker Funk]

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[mnestevao]

Yes, a great brazilian production.

Unfortunately this is the reality of slums here. There are a lot of good people under the threaten of criminals.