In 2000, Sandro do Nascimento, a young man from a poor background, held passengers on a bus hostage for four hours. The event was caught live on television. The movie examines the incident and what life is like in the slums and favelas of Rio de Janeiro and how the criminal justice system in Brazil treats the lower classes. Within the film, Padilha interviews former and current street children, members of the Rio police force, the Rio BOPE police team, family members, and sociologists in order to gain insight into what led Nascimento to carry out the hijacking.
Type: DocumentaryLength: 122 minutes
Year: 2002
Audio Language: Portuguese
Subtitles: English, Portuguese
Themes: Brazil, Docudrama, Politics/Human Rights, Social Issues
Director(s): José Padilha
