in adition to the world famous filmclips by international artisits santa marta features in numrous media publications - a short documentary about the red bull bmx challenge in santa marta can be seen on this link.    

a video by contente tv about the 7th edition of the 'morro da alegria' (joy hill), a yearly samba celebration taking place every may in santa marta can be seen here - promoted by the social and community oriented media project tv futura, the video 'humaniza-se' (humani-zé) by visualfarm shows some colorful images of the area.

santa marta is also routinely discussed and followed in vivafavela, a highly recommended source for anthropological and current studies.  on this site, local correspondents submit articles and pictures offering a precious insight in the day-to-day of many favelas. santa marta news are posted on this link.