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About the Rocinha favela, the largest in Rio de Janeiro. A camera tour reveals their paths and intimacies, while the speech of their residents points to the solution of the urbanization of the favelas, in contrast to the removal proposal, a threat that hangs over everyone.
- Release Date
13 October 1977
- DirectingSérgio Péo
- Budget
$0.00
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$0.00
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