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Cinema Club, Theater, and Passinho Enchant Cantagalo During Sustainable Festival [VIDEO]

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Jiselle Steele • June 23, 2018

Clique aqui para Português From June 7-10, 2018, Rio de Janeiro played host to Virada Sustentável (Sustainable Turn), a festival organized across various Brazilian cities by a movement of people, groups, and public and private institutions […]

Civil Society

On Parks and Under Viaducts: The Occupation of Public Spaces in Realengo

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Cheyne Bull • June 21, 2018

Clique aqui para Português A viaduct full of cultural activity that attracts local youth, and an urban park for leisure and playing sports. What is finally a reality in Madureira, in Rio’s North Zone, is […]

*Highlight

‘Careful with Neguin’: The Political Art of a Black Favela Body in the City [VIDEO]

By Priscilla Mayrink • Translation by Jiselle Steele • June 14, 2018

Clique aqui para Português It was June 2014, the Brazil-Cameroon World Cup game was on in a restaurant in upscale Gávea in Rio de Janeiro’s South Zone. Kelson Succi, a black resident of Complexo do […]

*Highlight

‘The Favela Is Sending Its Message!’ Alemão Poetry Slam Celebrates Its First Anniversary [IMAGES]

By Antoine Horenbeek, Edmund Ruge • June 6, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Rhymes echoed down Complexo do Alemão’s Central Avenue on Sunday night, May 27 as dancers, poets, and rappers convened to celebrate the one year anniversary of Slam Laje, Alemão’s first poetry […]

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Conference Recognizes Favela Communities’ Expertise in Media and Activism

By Désirée Poets, Tyler Strobl • May 21, 2018

Clique aqui para Português From May 14 to 16, 2018, Rio’s Federal Fluminense University (UFF) hosted the 7th Seminar on Media and Everyday Life, with the theme “Mediatization and Connected Society: Spaces and Memories of […]

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