5x Favela: Agora por Nós Mesmos

The project '5 x favela - Agora Por Nós Mesmos' brought together more than 80 young people from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, selected through script and film workshops to create a feature film with five stories that reflect the different facets of daily life in these communities.

Five beautiful and moving stories, the first makes us rethink meritocracy and opportunities in life, which not everyone has the same; the second, about the little boys, despite its comic tone, hurt my heart, tells of hunger, poverty and the love of family and friends; the third, the saddest, takes us back to the worst crimes and shows us how difficult it is to break free from the environment we live in; the fourth and fifth, simple but with intrinsic tension, are works developed collectively with several workshops from the communities...