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# 'Favela Rising'
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/favela-3331jsp/
- Published: 2006-03-06T00:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:52:49.000Z
- Author: Open democracy
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 19:27

Anderson Sa, former drug trafficker turned social revolutionary performs to his community in the Vigário Geral slum of Rio.

For more stills and information about Favela Rising, click [here](http://www.favelarising.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net).

See also:

- "[Almost Brothers](https://www.opendemocracy.net/openblogs/blog/london%5Ffilm/?permalink=Almost-Brothers.html&smm=y)" film review, Rob Cawston (October, 2005)
- ["Brazil's gun law: another brick in the wall](https://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-institutions%5Fgovernment/brazil%5F2955.jsp)", Arthur Ituassu (October, 2005)