Movie·2016·1h 16m
Inside the Mind of Favela Funk
A documentary about the current Brazilian underground music in the lives of the favela youth
Directed By
Elise Roodenburg
Language
Portuguese
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Set in Rio de Janeiro's most notorious favelas, the underprivileged youth share their perspective on the extremely popular, pornographic favela funk music with respect to their personal (love) lives, situated in a lawless subculture of drug gangs, machismo, violence and sex.
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