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falcăo - meninos do tráfico ( falcăo drug dealer), is a short documentary produced by brazilian rap activist mv bill and by the central única  das favelas  - cufa. the film focuses on the lives of young drug dealers inside rio's favelas.  no names or places are given, rather just images and sounds.  a 10 minutes clip can be seen here, and the book version is also available.   

part of the award winning british academy of film and television arts - bafta documentary series by sky 1 television, ross kemp on gangs episode 2 focuses on rio de janeiro's war betwee police and gangs. It clearly shows the proximity of favelas to the affluent areas of rio explains the situation on an introductary level. arrow-back      arrow-forward

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