https://atriskfilms.com/blog/ida-award-winners-2005/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 05:52:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://atriskfilms.com/blog/ida-award-winners-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Fri, 25 Nov 2005 04:22:15 +0000 http://atriskfilms.com/?p=55#comment-13 Regarding Favela Rising (www.favelarising.com), I had the chance to see this film. It’s a powerful documentary. I notice it is not mentioned here, but the directors and producers are giving all profits back to the AfroReggae community movement. I know that they are hoping to at least get a top five nomination slot so that this film will be shown throughout Brazil and communicate that the slums are full of honest working people trying to get ahead. Not only is this a fantastic character-driven film as engaging as any feature film, but it really seems to uphold the true spirit of the documentary. Let’s hope for a wide theatrical release at some point. It would be a great doc for more people to be able to see.

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