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Livia M Dec 17 Consequência do descaso e da marginalização de jovens periféricos, crime decorrente de outro crime, nada justifica, porém explica. See more William L 02/06/2022 Bus 174 is a comprehensive review of a hostage scenario in review, taking what could have easily been dismissed as a bit of sensationalized journalism catering to tragedy-driven news cycles and fleshing it out into a full social portrait of Brazil. By broadcasting the event live, Brazilians themselves were able to see one facet of the story - the base incompetence of their police forces, which was common knowledge but entirely different when packaged and delivered to everyone watching TV simultaneously. José Padilha and Felipe Lacerda take that narrative, a wake-up moment for the Brazilian public, and expand it into a full discourse on the circumstances that made it possible, particularly the high crime rates and lack of social support that results in large numbers of homeless children that grow up on the streets with few opportunities apart from criminal activity. Tack on poorly funded police training and support, a rash of drug addictions, and futile volunteer efforts in the opposite direction, and you have a microcosm of the environment that destroys lives in the background, only now it is broadcast nationally. Well-constructed, researched in-depth, and making compelling use of the actual footage taken of the event itself to create a real sense of emotional investment, and you've got a solid documentary. Two decades down the line, has anything really changed in Brazil? It seems that all these problems are still present, and only growing. (3.5/5) See more 08/25/2020 one of my fav docs, tremendous investigative and cinematic work See more renaldo d 04/27/2020 The best film by josé padilha See more 10/14/2016 Chronicling the hostage situation on the titular bus in 2000, this documentary emerges as an profoundly unsettling exposé on the pitiable street kids abandoned and abused by society. See more 03/13/2016 It's hard to explain how good this is. Probably watch it on your own with no distractions See more Read all reviews

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