Inside the Mind of Favela Funk (2016)
• February 4th, 2016 • 1h 16min
Documentary
Overview
Set in Rio de Janeiro's most notorious favelas, the underprivileged youth share their perspective on the extremely popular, pornographic favela funk music with respect to their personal (love) lives, situated in a lawless subculture of drug gangs, machismo, violence and sex.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Good Fight
Released on: 2017-10-09
Documentary
A boxer in Rio's favelas opens a club to help keep kids out of the burgeoning drug trade.
James Brown: Soul Survivor
Released on: 2003-10-29
Documentary, Music
James Brown's legacy has influenced rap, soul, funk and R&B. But along with his huge talent, there's...
Samuel Mariano - Antes, Durante e Depois do Culto
Released on: 2017-05-15
Music, Documentary
New work by singer Samuel Mariano, recorded live at the PE 60 Convention Center - Cabo de Santo Agos...
Abraçar e Agradecer
Released on: 2016-12-02
Music, Documentary
Celebrating 50 years of her career, Maria Bethânia filmed in Brazil in 2105 the show Abraçar e Agrad...
James Brown: Love Power Peace
Released on: 1971-03-08
Music, Documentary
Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971 is the only recording that documents one of his live performances w...
Betty: They Say I’m Different
Released on: 2017-11-16
Documentary, Music
An aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty Mabry Davis arrived on the scene to break boun...
Gal Costa: Estratosférica – Ao Vivo
Released on: 2017-11-10
Music, Documentary
"Estratosférica ao Vivo" is not just the record of a Gal Costa show. It is the portrait of the artis...
Gringo on the Slum
Released on: 2015-07-21
Documentary
Documentary about the foreign tourism in Rocinha, the biggest Latin America's favela, which receives...
Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
Released on: 1994-10-31
Documentary, Music, TV Movie
A musical documentary accompaniment to the 1994 benefit compilation album concerning AIDS in the Afr...
Black I Am
Released on: 2020-11-09
Documentary, Family
The women of the first Garífuna community in Honduras work hard for the future of their daughters. S...
Festive Land: Carnival in Bahia
Released on: 2013-01-09
Documentary
Festive Land examines one of the largest and most extraordinary popular celebrations in the world, t...
Lobão – Decadence Avec Elegance
Released on: 2011-07-15
Documentary
"Lobão - Não Há Estilo Sem Fracasso" investigates the artistic career of Lobão, one of the most famo...
Favela Government
Released on:
Documentary
Brazil's "Red Command" drug cartel is considered a plague by the government. But for the people of t...
Sou Jazz
Released on: 2025-07-02
Documentary
Sound is a journey. Each note opens a door, closes another. Instruments chart the course. Through a...
Badi
Released on: 2019-11-06
Documentary
The personal trajectory and the international career of the singer, guitarist, and composer Badi Ass...
Favela on Blast
Released on: 2008-01-01
Documentary, Music
For 20 years, a subculture has emerged in Brazil under society's radar. It is the culture surroundin...
Favela no Ar
Released on: 2002-01-01
Documentary
The documentary shows the awakening of the poor youth to social consciousness in the identification ...
