The George Price Centre for Peace and Development presents
Community-based action as you have never seen before!

DOCUMENTARY: FAVELA RISING
Directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5_DnxeEkts&feature=related
(click here for link to trailer)

Wednesday, May 7 at 7.00 p.m.

Winner of 24 national and international film festival awards, including Film of the Year from the International Documentary Association, this vibrant, gritty, music-filled documentary tells the inspiring story of Anderson Sá, the heroic leader of a transformative social movement in the slums (favelas) of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro: Grupo Cultural AfroReggae. The organization uses music and dance to rally against the violence and crime that the “favela” youth face every day. Through their vivid, disturbing and poetic filmmaking, first-time feature directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary move beyond a portrait of despair to chronicle the community's transcendental fight for a better life, culminating in the inspiring ability to persevere and even flourish in the most unspeakable of circumstances.

Duration: 80 minutes
This movie has not been rated; it does include images of violence and explicit language.
Entrance Fee: $5.00 – Friends of the Centre: FREE

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