August 4, 2006

The film \”City of God\” shed light on a long-neglected subject, the Third World conditions and inescapable warfare existing in Rio de Janeiro\’s slums. Now comes \”Favela Rising,\” a documentary that not only limns the tragedy of the favelas, the Brazilian ghettoes, but also tells the inspirational tale of Anderson Sá, a black Messiah figure who founds a reggae music club that offers a nonviolent alternative to their rampant drug and gang activity.