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BaixadaCine Film Club Looks to Turn Belford Roxo Into the ‘City of Love’ for Film

By Thábara Garcia • Translation by Edmund Ruge • November 11, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Challenges to the production of culture in Brazil have imposed themselves more and more in 2019. In only ten months, we have already heard the announcement of theater closings, the risk […]

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Pedala Queimados: Biking to ‘Change the Zip Code of Opportunity’ [PROFILE]

By Ben Bildsten • September 3, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Initiative: Pedala Queimados (“Cycle Queimados”) Contact: Facebook | Instagram | Email Year Founded: 2016 Community: Queimados (Baixada Fluminense) Mission: To stimulate the use of cycling as a means of transportation, democratize land […]

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The Pac’Stão Hip Hop Circle in Manguinhos Favela: ‘For the Love of Culture,’ Reframing the PAC Program and Resisting Violence

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Cheyne Bull • August 7, 2019

Clique Aqui para Português  “I’m going to call on two MCs to get up here and battle it out. What does Pac’Stão want?” “Blood.” Thus begin the hip hop battles at the Roda Cultural do […]

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Collectives Debate the Role of Women in Baixada Politics

By Thábara Garcia • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • July 24, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Saturday, July 13th, a roundtable titled “Women in Baixada Politics” took place at the headquarters of the State Union of Education Professionals (SEPE) in the city of Duque de Caxias, in […]

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Violence Against Women in the Context of Rio’s Pre-Olympic Evictions, Part 2: Violence as Policy of Control

By Poliana Monteiro • Translation by Jiselle Steele • February 4, 2019

Clique aqui para Português This is the second article in a four-part series highlighting research that demonstrates the unequal geographic distribution of violence against women in the context of pre-Olympic evictions in the city of […]

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