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Kite Fight

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:50:54 +0000

In the crowded favelas of Rio de Janeiro, flying kites is more than a leisurely escape: It's also a playful form of battle. After futebol, kite fighting is one of Brazil’s most popular sports. In the crowded urban favelas, flying a kite (or pipa) is more than a leisurely escape from harsh living conditions; it’s also a form of battle, with the sky an arena. This Op-Doc video takes us into Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela, to meet its young pipa warriors and elder statesman.

The Price of the World Cup

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:25:30 +0000

Documentary about the social and human price of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. “The Price of the World Cup” is a documentary showing the negative consequences of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The film was made over 8 months by journalist Mikkel Keldorf who did all the interviews, filming and editing.

Ayrton’s Wish – A Tribute to Ayrton Senna

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 05 May 2014 18:19:09 +0000

On May 1, 1994, Ayrton Senna - a 3 time Formula One world champion died in a tragic accident leaving his family, fans and nation to morn the loss of the world's greatest race car driver. In the wake of his passing, Ayrton's sister Viviane Senna, set up the Instituto Ayrton Senna (IAS) to fulfill his longing to help his countrymen of Brazil. Ayrton's Wish, explores Senna's dream to give the children of Brazil opportunity to realize their own potential. More important than Senna's success behind the wheel, the film speaks to Ayrton's love for Brazil. Ayrton's Wish is directed by Spy Films director Tamir Moscovici. Film backed by Gran Turismo/Playstation

Amazonia: The price of life

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:24:20 +0000

In this film we will look at the paths followed by biopirates to steal brazilian nature. Follow in the footsteps and latest Fiscalização Department of IBAMA, in their fight against international trafficking of species. We will see several different operations confiscation of specimens by the aforementioned department, risky operations on many occasions, and where our camera has been at the forefront. Finally, whether the impunity with which they move through the world and of course in our country, animal traffickers.

Snake Island

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:35:48 +0000

The highest concentration of one of the most venomous snakes in the world is located about 90 miles off the coast of Santos, Brazil, on a small, craggy chunk of otherwise uninhabitable land. It’s known as Ilha da Queimada Grande, or Snake Island, and it’s the only place you will find 2,000 or so of the wholly unique golden lancehead viper, or Bothrops insularis. When you step ashore, with a keen eye you spot one of these snakes roughly every 10 to 15 minutes after clearing the base of the island, and as many as one every six square yards in other parts of the island. This means, as you are walking through the waist-high brush, even with some good boots on, it’s like walking through a minefield that moves and, instead of blowing you into chunks, slowly paralyzes you and liquefies your insides, as the golden lancehead does to the migrating birds it feeds on in the treetops. Well, “liquefying your insides” may be a stretch, but no one knows for sure because no one bitten has lived long enough even to be admitted to a hospital, or at least none of the researchers who accompanied VICE on their journey to Snake Island owned up to that fact. Nor did the Brazilian Navy, who allowed VICE exclusive access to document their annual maintenance inspection of Snake Island’s lighthouse—which has been automated ever since the 1920s, after the old lighthouse keeper ran out of food and disappeared while picking wild bananas in a small grove near the shore. According to legend, he and the members of his rescue party died one by one, all alone and in search of one another after each had been missing for some time. The golden lancehead is so unique and its venom so potent that specimens procured by snake-smuggling “biopirates” can fetch up to $30,000 apiece on the black market (with prices going much higher depending on the location of the rich weirdo snake collector or, some have speculated, the black-market biopharmaceutical chemists attempting to beat Brazil on a patent).

City of God, Guns and Gangs

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 08:51:29 +0000

Mariana van Zeller investigates Brazil's controversial new plan to wipe out crime, and the criminals themselves, from Rio de Janeiro's favelas before the country hosts the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. We go into the heart of a crack den, embed with special forces soldiers on shoot to kill missions, and even interview the traffickers themselves, who aren't going out without a fight. For decades, Rio de Janeiro's sprawling favelas (slums) have been under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. But now, the government of Brazil wants to take them back, and reform one of the world's most unequal and violent cities. The plan is part of a bold new initiative to give Brazil's most picturesque city a face lift before the world turns its eyes on the country for the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. Correspondent Mariana van Zeller finds out that the traditional rulers of Rio's favelas are not ceding control without a fight. The government of Brazil has promised to continue its campaign, and provide a blueprint for one of the most pressing and perplexing questions in our increasingly urban world: how to transform, develop and integrate sprawling, often crime-ridden slums. Rio de Janeiro's sprawling favelas (slums) have been under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. Now before 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, the government wants to take them back.

Reshaping Rio

Documentary.net staff — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:24:03 +0000

Preparations for the Olympics and the World Cup are in full swing in Brazil. But for the residents of Rio de Janeiro's infamous favelas, the 'clean-up' of their iconic city has come at a dramatic cost. "We've been living here for 30 years and now we have nowhere to go", says Maria Estele, whose family is being evicted from their home. Behind the grand plans for stadiums, tourist attractions and new transport links lie whole communities being forcefully removed, often with less than 24 hours notice. "They call us invaders. We are workers of this city and we should have land rights", says Altair Guimaraes, who has mobilised mass support with fellow residents. The slum dwellers claim they can't afford to go elsewhere, and the compensation or relocation offered by the government are no replacement for their bulldozed homes. "The mayor, Eduardo Paes, wants to destroy our history". With protests continuing and a legal challenge looming, will Rio be ready for kick off in just over a year's time?

Virus Hunters: Amazon Jungle to Research Labs

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:36:56 +0000

Deep in the Amazon jungle, a team of scientists is on a mission to save lives. They're called "Virus Hunters" and it's their job to find some of the most deadly viruses -- viruses that have yet to be discovered. “We’re here in the Brazilian Amazon because we know that 75% of emerging infectious diseases in people come from wildlife and the Amazon is one of the most bio-diverse places on the planet,” Virologist Simon Anthony says. Anthony is a Columbia University Virologist, also known as a “Virus Hunter”. On this day, the team is out to trap bats that may be carrying some of the deadliest viruses - viruses that could be deadly and could be transmitted to humans. “What we're trying to do is discover the next global pandemic, the next HIV, but before it emerges in people,” he says. “What we are doing is studying wildlife during anthropogenic change.” Anthony works with the New York based Centre for Infection and Immunity, which has already identified over 500 new viruses.

“Challenge the Obvious” Episode One: A day in the Life of Haas & Hahn

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:07:32 +0000

The film is about Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas, who use art in their quest to help change the lives of people who live in socially troubled neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro and Philadelphia. In 2006, the Dutch artist duo Haas&Hahn started deaveloping the idea of creating community-driven art interventions in Brazil. Their efforts yielded two murals which were painted in Vila Cruzeiro, Rio's most notorious slum, in collaboration with local youth. The artworks received worldwide coverage and have become points of pride in the community and throughout Rio. This is the first in a series of documentaries about the beautiful minds who 'Challenge the Obvious' every day.

Amazing Cockpit Footage Aboard an Airbus A320

Documentary.net staff — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:08:33 +0000

We all have seen plenty of videos on the web with planes flying through clouds, hazadous crosswind landing approaches etc. This video does not show drama but fantastic angles simultaneously showing the flight deck. Get a feeling of sitting in the cockpit! Sequence: 0:05 - SBRJ Santos Dumont RWY 20L - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil 0:30 - Copacabana Beach - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil 0:35 - SBRJ Santos Dumont RWY 20L - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil 0:51 - Florianopolis SC Brasil 1:07 - Downwind leg SBRJ Santos Dumont RWY 02R - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil ( Botafogo Beach ) 2:11 - SKBO El Dorado RWY 13R - Bogota - Colombia 2:16 - SBSP Congonhas RWY 17R - São Paulo - Brasil 2:23 - SKBO El Dorado RWY 13L - Bogota - Colombia ( Gust from left before touchdown ) 3:16 - SBSP Congonhas RWY 35L - São Paulo - Brasil Update: The uploader stopped providing the video.

Murder in the Amazon

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:09:29 +0000

In May 2011, married environmental activists Zé Cláudio Ribeiro and Maria do Espirito Santo were shot to death outside their house in the Amazonian state of Para. A month later the film team traveled to Zé Cláudio's hometown of Marabá, which was once in the middle of the rainforest and is now surrounded by miles and miles of clearcut cattle land. As the investigation into Zé and Maria's murders went nowhere, the crew drove into the forest to the site of the killings, followed the heavily armed men of Brazil's environmental protection agency as they busted up illegal timber mills, they visited the militant squatters of Brazil's Landless Movement, met modern day slaves, and marveled at the lawless, violent atmosphere that permeates the town locals call Marabála (that means Mara-bullets).

The City of Samba

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 07:10:03 +0000

Every year the city of Rio de Janeiro hosts the world famous carnival festival. Over two million people per day gather on the streets to make it the biggest carnival worldwide. Keith Loutit and Jarbas Agnelli made a nice video by using the tilt shift method. Made by Jarbas Agnelli and Keith Loutit Music by Jarbas Agnelli

Brazil’s Wildest Longboard Race – Dalua Downhill

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:44:41 +0000

The World Longboarding Championships in Teutonia, Brazil is one of the best known downhill skateboarding event. An inside look on the event and interviews of the crazy guys who participate in it each year. Again, kids don't do this at home.