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About: Artivist Film Festival 1 -4 th of December

Nobel Festival dedicated to human rights, animals and environment issues through film.

Best feature international human rights award went to the Portuguese filmmaker Mário Patrocinio for his film "Complexo Alemão - Universo Paralelo.

At first the film reminded me of the Fernando Meirelles movie "City of God" for portraying the slums of Brazil. Soon after you acknowledge it's original content. Basically the story is about humanizing the residents of what is considered the most feared favela (slum) of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro "Complexo Alemão". A struggling mother of 8 children with her faith to God, a rapper that brings music to it's people, a contractor that builds homes for his neighbors (who considers money is the root of all evil) and several other friendly habitants. These people show the other side of what we consider dangerous people.

The film was considered poetic and a breeze of fresh air in times of enormous tension in Rio de Janeiro.

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