Inside the Mind of Favela Funk

Feb 4, 2016

1h 16m

★ 8.0

A documentary about the current Brazilian underground music in the lives of the favela youth

Overview

Set in Rio de Janeiro's most notorious favelas, the underprivileged youth share their perspective on the extremely popular, pornographic favela funk music with respect to their personal (love) lives, situated in a lawless subculture of drug gangs, machismo, violence and sex.

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Documentary

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