Category: Brazilian Documentary

12/01/2016 art | art or crime | Cripta Djan Ivson | education | human-rights | joao wainer pixo | marcio siwi | pixo | rafael pixo faap Feitosa-Santana

Pixação: What is Pixo?

PIXO is a Brazilian documentary (2009) directed by João Wainer and Roberto T. Oliveira: And here an article written by Marcio Siwi for The Guardian about Pixação and Graffiti: If Brazil is “not for beginners”, as the composer Antonio Carlos Jobim once said, then its great urban centre, São Paulo, is certainly not for the faint of heart. It’s not just […]

28/10/2013 Brazilian society | Claudio Fonteneles | Mr. M | Sao Paulo Armored Car | Sao Paulo kidnapping | SUDAN Scandal Feitosa-Santana

In “Manda Bala”: Jader Barbalho and Magrinho, 2 kidnappers from Brazil. Which is worse?

Manda Bala is a masterpiece. This documentary shows the criminal politician (sorry for the pleonasm), Jader Barbalho, who steals the dignity of millions of Brazilians and still manages to own all the communication networks in Pará and, thus, manipulate these same millions to continue voting for him. On the other side, the film shows the […]

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. […]