Favela Rising
Part of the BAMcinématek series Afro-Punk Festival
Fri, Jul 3 at 9:30pm*
*Introduction by Brian Paupaw
Directed by Matt Mochary and Jeff Zimbalist
(2005) 80min
"A remarkable story of transformation and challenge on several levels, some completely unexpected." —LA Times
This is the searing and inspiring true story of Anderson Sá who, after his brother was killed by corrupt police officials, formed AfroReggae, a band and social movement dedicated to using music to combat the spread of violence among Rio de Janeiro’s youth.
With Hoods to Woods
Directed by Brian “Deka” Paupaw
(2009) 25min
Hoods to Woods is a documentary based on the story of Brian "Deka" Paupaw and his journeys from the inner city streets of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn to the deep powder backcountry mountains in North and South America. Through Brian's self told story, we experience how the culture of snowboarding transformed a life, once stifled by the social constraints of the streets, into one which is only bounded by the edge of a mountain.
LA Times on Favela Rising
"Sa's personal story also becomes more complex in ways that only reality could imagine. But his grace under pressure, his energy as an onstage performer and his determination, as his worried but admiring fiancée puts it, to 'do anything to save the world' makes his story and this film memorable and significant." More
BBC on Favela Rising
"Favela Rising is an important reminder of how human beings can unite to effect grass-roots social change." More