Month: August 2013

10/08/2013 Alice Braga | Elysium Crítica | Elysium Review | entertainment | Health Care System | Immigration and Deportation | No access to Treatment Feitosa-Santana

Elysium (2013) Review

Written, co-produced and directed by Neill Blomkamp, Elysium means a place or condition of ideal happiness. The movie happens in 2154 but it is an obvious metaphor for life on Earth nowadays. It is so obvious that when the director was asked about his science fiction, he answered “No, no, no. This isn’t science fiction. This is today. […]

10/08/2013 Alice Braga | Elysium Crítica | Elysium Review | entertainment | Health Care System | Immigration and Deportation | No access to Treatment Feitosa-Santana

Elysium (2013) Review

Written, co-produced and directed by Neill Blomkamp, Elysium means a place or condition of ideal happiness. The movie happens in 2154 but it is an obvious metaphor for life on Earth nowadays. It is so obvious that when the director was asked about his science fiction, he answered “No, no, no. This isn’t science fiction. This is today. […]

08/08/2013 Desigualdade Social | Jose Padilha Onibus 174 | Luís Eduardo Soares | Policia Brasileira | Racismo | Redução da Maioridade Penal | Redução da Maioridade Penal e Racismo | roger ebert | Sandro Barbosa do Nascimento Onibus 174 | universo paralelo Feitosa-Santana

Ônibus 174

Sempre ouvi sobre o sequestro do ônibus 174, mas somente agora tive a oportunidade de assistir o documentário “Ônibus 174” (2002), dirigido por José Padilha. Este incidente aconteceu em 12 de junho de 2000 e eu estava muito longe do Brasil e, por isso, minha ignorância sobre esta tragédia que não me surpreende, nossa sociedade […]

08/08/2013 Age of Criminal Responsability | assisted reproduction | Chacina da Candelária | Chacina da Candelária Sobreviventes | homeless child | hostage situation | jail cells | legal abortion | Luís Eduardo Soares | Ônibus 174 | roger ebert | Yvone Bezerra Feitosa-Santana

Bus 174

I have always heard about the kidnapping of the bus 174, and only today I had the chance to watch the documentary “Bus 174” (2002) directed by José Padilha. This incident happened on June 12, 2000 and I was very far from Brazil – that is why I was kind of ignorant about this tragedy. […]