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Entering the Scene: Empowerment and Community Mobilization through the Theater of the Oppressed in Maré

By Anna Cash • September 27, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Theater of the Oppressed (TO) is an internationally celebrated participatory form of theater invented in Rio, in which there are no spectators, just spect-actors. TO was originally created by writer, director, and politician […]

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Police Kill Youth and Terrify Residents in Intense Police Operations in Maré

By Felicity Clarke • February 25, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Monday February 22, police killed 19 year-old Igor Silva during an operation in the Parque União favela in Complexo da Maré in Rio’s North Zone. The same day a graphic […]

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‘Imagens do Povo’ Photography Collective Part 2: Archivist-Documentarians [IMAGES]

By Andrea Cangialosi • November 24, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This is the second in a three-part series on the Imagens do Povo photography collective.  “I think the greatest lesson of a documentarian is to be a link of sympathy between yourself, the […]

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Maré Restaurants Host Comida de Favela Food Festival

By Aldair Arriola-Gomez, Nicole Peña • October 14, 2015

Clique aqui para Português The Maré favela complex, in Rio’s North Zone, is currently hosting the first Comida de Favela, a food festival celebrating the “flavors of Maré” in which 16 local restaurants have prepared […]

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Residents and Artists Paint the Streets of Maré in Travessias Art Festival [SLIDESHOW]

By Andrea Cangialosi • October 17, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Residents of Complexo da Maré, graffiti artists and visitors painted the community’s walls with vibrant colors and graffiti art on Saturday October 11. The event “Tudo de cor pra Maré” (All colors for […]

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