funk carioca's popularity has caused the production of two documentaries concerning the subject, the first being entitled 'favela on blast' and was released in 2008 and the second, billed as a sequel, released in 2012 and entitled funk ostentação (ostentation funk) - both cover the history, current state and future of funk carioca and are available on various outlets on the web. 

here is a list of venues one can go to move to the funk carioca beat on a saturday.