Felipe Paulino

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Twenty years after City of God, Buscapé recounts how conflicts between police, traffickers, and militias impacted the community.

City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. This documentary shows what City of God’s worldwide success meant to their lives. Were the actors prepared for the film’s success? Did the social background of some of them prove stronger than the opportunity that came their way?

Doctors, nurses and drivers of a special mobile service unit navigate personal and professional dramas while burdened by the responsibility to prevent others from dying.

Nina is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amidst conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement of drug traffickers from her window, hoping to assist the police. After months of recording suspicious activities, her initiative attracts the attention of a journalist, who approaches Nina and offers to support her in her mission.

Ciço, a software programmer, wakes up in a nightmare of his own making, haunted by a past he no longer recognizes. His son appears as an adult. Caught between guilt and ruin, all that remains is an attempt to escape.

Twenty years after City of God, Buscapé recounts how conflicts between police, traffickers, and militias impacted the community.

Doctors, nurses and drivers of a special mobile service unit navigate personal and professional dramas while burdened by the responsibility to prevent others from dying.