BRAZIL · 2002

City of God

Fernando Meirelles
Brazilian Contemporary poverty and inequality drug trafficking urban violence coming of age photojournalism
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In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Year2002
CountryBrazil
DirectorFernando Meirelles
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