12 Aug 1998
Megacities
Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.
Public Domain
Between 2011 and 2014, the documentary investigated the changes in Rio de Janeiro on behalf of mega-events: UPPs in slums, forced evictions, public spaces privatization and popular uprisings.
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