the documentary seu jorge: the south bank show (2006)  tells the remarkable story of carioca seu jorge's rise from street kid to international actor and pop star, filmed on location in his native rio de janeiro.

in the film, we see seu jorge's inspiring passage from the slums of gogo da ema, one of rio's most dangerous favelas, to international stardom following appearances in roles in the internationally acclaimed city of god and in wes anderson's film the life aquatic with steve zissou.

the documentary tells in parallel two stories, the phenomenal story of this young underprivileged boy who easily may have been swallowed up by a life of drugs and violence, but rather succeeds in using his talent to rise out of a world of poverty, and that of a modern day brazil which has also struggled with an unstable and challenging history but which shows triumph and hope in overcoming its obstacles.