Clique aqui para Português Se Essa Vila Não Fosse Minha (If This Villa Weren’t Mine) is a new documentary produced by Felipe Pena which tells the story of Vila Autódromo and its fight against eviction. The favela is adjacent to […]
Clique aqui para Português Um País Chamado Favela (in English, A Country Called Favela) by Renato Meirelles, president of Data Popular, and Celso Athayde, co-founder of CUFA, examines the accomplishments of favelas and their economic advancements, with analysis of informal housing and its economic power […]
A screening of À Queima Roupa (At Point-Blank), followed by a debate on police violence, was part of Rio International Film Festivel 2014 on Friday September 26. The documentary produced and directed by Theresa Jessouroun is an investigation […]
Clique aqui para Português In his book Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture, art critic Justin McGuirk takes readers on a ride across the physical and social landscapes of urban Latin America, […]
For the original by Guilherme Junior and Rosilene Milotti in Portuguese on Viva Favela click here. Viva Favela correspondents Guilherme Junior and Rosilene Milotti watched the São Clemente Grêmio Recreativo Samba School (GRES) parade last Sunday, […]