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AfroReggae (Musical group) Blacks Brazil Rio de Janeiro Social conditions Drug traffic Brazil Rio de Janeiro Grupo Cultural Afro Reggae Police misconduct Brazil Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Social conditions Slums Brazil Rio de Janeiro Case studies Social movements Brazil Rio de Janeiro Squatter settlements Brazil Rio de Janeiro Case studies Youth Brazil Rio de Janeiro Social conditionsSummary: Brooklyn based artist Vik Muniz grew up poor in Brazil. This film follows him as he returns to Rio de Janeiro, specifically to Jardim Gramacho, or "Garbage Garden." The world's largest landfill, it receives 7,000 tons daily, an astonishing 70% of all Rio's garbage. "We are not pickers of garbage; we are pickers of recyclable materials," says Tião, a catadore, or trash picker who thinks of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Almega Projects 2011
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WASSummary: Documents how former drug-trafficker, Anderson Sá and the Grupo Cultural AfroReggae are working to unite a Rio slum, or favela, against a violent drug industry and police oppression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thinkfilm 2006