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‘tour’ of favela life and catering to Eurocentric stereotypes of a criminal black underclass[4]. Several Latin American commentators felt that distinctive aesthetic style of the film diminished what Ivana Bentes calls the ‘aesthetics of hunger’ in exchange for pure ‘cosmetic’ artistry[5]. In order to obtain an adequate understanding of the debate which surrounds City of God‚ it is essential examine various subjects. I firstly wish to obtain sufficient contextual knowledge of the modern favela in Brazil
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adulthood prevalent in other cultural media. In line with this theme is the Fernando Meirelles’ film City of God‚ which also tackles themes of growing up‚ albeit in a distinctly different environment and setting. Set in the backdrops of Brazil’s infamous favelas‚ City of God is a tale of adulthood and maturity in the face of poverty and societal alienation in the modern world. Finally‚ the painting “The Voyage of Life: Manhood” by Thomas Cole may also be examined as representative of adulthood and growing
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The world is currently engaged in a War on Drugs‚ a war that has been waged for decades and which shows no indication of being successfully concluded in the near future. As with other types of wars‚ this one has fronts both within the domestic borders as well as in foreign lands and the war affects the country ’s economic policy and shapes relationships with numerous foreign powers. Military and intelligence services are engaged in the war‚ as are various law enforcement agencies at the local‚ state
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In the film City of God‚ director Fernando Meirelles and Kàtia Lund utilize subtle yet effective cimatography techniques to call attention to the inequality that lies within the favelas of Brazil. City of God‚ released on January 17‚ 2003‚ focuses on the lives of two black boys‚ Lil Zé and Rocket‚ from the City of God. Rocket is the ambitious‚ kind‚ and charming photographer while Lil Zé is the as the callous‚ sinister‚ and selfish drug lord. Meirelles and Lund utilize this film in order to expose
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the violence and horrors of living within the Brazilian Slums‚ known as favelas. * With over 500 slums‚ the favelas existed within the regions of Rio de Janeiro‚ containing more than a third of the city’s population. The word favela refers to a community of people who neither own nor have formal permission to occupy land. Rio De Janerio’s favelas were constructed in a period of rapid industrialization‚ and these favelas were entirely created to keep the poor isolated from the city’s center where
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team are “cleaning up” one of the most notorious favelas off drug gangs in Rio before the arrival of the Pope. This created a conflict between the BOPE officers and the drug gang members. The conflict between the BOPE officers and the drug gang members kept on growing because of the mirror-image perception they both had‚ the fundamental attribution error they made and the way deindividaulized. In the movie‚ BOPE officers frequently raid the favela (slums) mostly during the dark‚ to arrest the drug
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United States. In Brazil most African descendents are people live in slums called the favelas. The favelas are small over-crowded communities‚ which are built on hills. One of the largest is in a city called Rio de Janeiro and it’s full of hundreds of poor urban people. Some Brazilians would argue that there aren’t any racial inequalities in Brazil‚ which is actually false. Many brown and blacks who live in the favelas do not have the same opportunity as the white Brazilians who live in a more suitable
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uses to persuade the audience that they are witnessing real story The films I have chosen are based on the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro. The first being the cinematic film “City of God‚” 2002‚ directed by Fernando Mierelles and Katia Lund1 and “Dancing with the Devil‚” 2009‚ a film documentary by Jon Blair2. The two films are intended to be an insight into the violence in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Both films employ techniques to try to engage with the audience‚ for example the use of narrative
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The movies “City of God” and “Blindness” were two films directed by Fernando Meirelles ‚ a Brazilian film director‚ producer‚ and screenwriter. “City of God” was his best known film‚ released in 2002 in Brazil where Fernando was nominated for an “Academy Award for Best Director”. While “Blindness”‚ a Brazilian-Canadian film‚ was released in 2008. Although both of them were related to violence‚ inhumane and harsh behaviour but they were different to the extent in film location and editing. The film
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