Anyone see this documentary??...





Absolutely stunning...tragic...heartbreaking...absorbing...everything.

Is it about the London bombings last July?

JDINTERACTIVE said:

No, it's about the hijacking of a bus in Brazil...very powerful film. (that apparently next to nobody has seen...lol)

Byron said:

Mate, thanks for bringing this movie to my attention. Will definitely have a ganders at it

I'm guessing your avvie is one of your many fabulous photos. I like it lots

senik said:

Yeah, it's one of my photos..lol ...Thank yew.

And the documentary is brilliantly done...you learn so much about the events in the hijacker's life that helped lead to this tragic event, as well as the state of society in Brazil and its institutions...yet the hijacker isn't portrayed as a sympathetic victim, just as a realistic tragedy. It hit like a ton of bricks by the end.

Byron said:

It's really bad like that in Brazil I looked into a few topics over there after I heard the ADF track called "19 Rebellions".

Check out this movie if you haven't already seen it.





It's about the military/police massacre of prisoners in the system to suppress their revolt against the authorities prison torture.
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senik said:

It's definitely going on my Netflix queue...although I probably won't watch it for a few weeks...two movies like that back to back would be one helluva depressing experience...lol

I've seen it! Excellent film. Very, very well done. Also one of the most depressing horrible things I've seen. Amazingly grueling to sit through -- hair on end! I love the use of night vision cameras (I think) of the overcrowded prisons, the prisoners speaking all at once to the camera about their conditions. The whole thing, portrait of his mother, everything! The opening aerial shots...

Excellent filmmaking, thorough, creative, enlightening...

heartbeatocean said:

Couldn't agree more...especially the things you mentioned (the "negative" film footage inside the overcrowded prison, the aerial shots at the beginning). Absorbing and enlightening film...

Byron said:

Wasn't there some old footage of him doing copeira or something? The whole history of the child gangs and their massacre on the street...

heartbeatocean said:

I was shocked at just how much actual footage there was around the events in this guy's life...it was almost like some surreal, tragic version of "The Truman Show".

I've never heard of it.....oooh but csi is on now ...
whooooo r u ..who who who who ...tell me who r u ..... ok um yeah ...
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