(SDRSP) City of God 2002 (dir. Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund) Rated PG

This is a story of the violence and deprivation in one of Brazil’s many favela’s.

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Little Ze is determined to be the boss of the ghetto. He has killed all his rivals but one, Carrot. Carrot is Benny’s friend and Benny is Little Ze right hand man.





In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood. José “Zé” Pequeno (Leandro Firmino da Hora) is an ambitious drug dealer who uses Rocket and his photos as a way to increase his fame as a turf war erupts with his rival, “Knockout Ned” (Seu Jorge). The film was shot on location in Rio’s poorest neighborhoods.

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