A terrific concept is given unimaginative treatment in Rodrigo Felha’s “Favela Gay,” a standard-issue documentary about very non-standard gays and lesbians living in the slums of Rio. With a title ...

The University of Massachusetts Latin American Graduate Students Organization and the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies will feature the documentary film, “Favela Rising,” by ...

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Many documentaries have been made about the desperation and crime the slums of Rio de Janeiro, known as favelas. “Only When I Dance” is more hopeful than most of those films. The documentary follows a ...

Five shorts set in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and directed by young filmmakers who live there make up a film that renews faith in the kind of moviemaking that reflects the human spirit in all its ...

A terrific concept is given unimaginative treatment in Rodrigo Felha’s “Favela Gay,” a standard-issue documentary about very non-standard gays and lesbians living in the slums of Rio. With a title ...