this massacre is investigated as a significant life event for sandro and the possible links between this event and that of bus 174 are examined as we see footage of the hijacker shout at the police from the bus about the massacre and the murder of his childhood friends.

a remarkable documentary of an astonishing event, the film achieves its goal of attempting to expose the self- fulfilling cycle of urban violence in rio de janeiro that plagued the city in the 1990's.

histórias de arcanjo - um documentário sobre tim lopes (stories of an archangel - a documentary about tim lopes), was the winner of best feature documentary at the rio film festival 2013.