Inside the Mind of Favela Funk

Inside the Mind of Favela Funk (2016)

February 4th, 20161h 16min

Documentary
80%

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.


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