CRUZEIRO has been selected by the London International Documentary Film Festival, LIDF 2009. The documentary will be screened Saturday, 4 April, at the closing all-day-event at the British Museum: a feast of films across three screens. At 3PM Cruzeiro has its world premiere at the Sackler Rooms, an amazing location!
We wish we could be there too! But most of all we hope that the people in London who’ll attend our screening will enjoy our work and that it will be well received by the audience.
This is what it says on the LIDF website:
“The real ‘City of God’. Vila Cruzeiro is one of the most violent slum areas in Rio de Janeiro, at times a no-go area for the police where the drug gangs rule.
But the favela does have its own unique beauty, and in this simply shot but hugely affecting documentary four young people show us their lives and speak about their dreams.
22 year-old Diogo wants to be an actor; 16 year-old Mayra dreams of being a history student; 17 year-old Luis longs to be a ballet dancer; while Dudu, 25, is a father of two, an ex-child-soldier for one of the drug-trafficking commandos.
Mayra Avellar, who features in this film and helped create it, has recently been awarded the 4th International Children’s Peace Prize for her courageous work attempting to counter the violence of Vila Cruzeiro and stand up for the rights of children and young people.”
Cruzeiro foi selecionado para o London International Documentary Film Festival 2009. O filme terá uma exibição durante o festival e será a estréia mundial: Sábado, 4 abril 2009, 15 horas. O local é o British Museum.
Informações sobre Cruzeiro no festival acessem: http://www.lidf.co.uk/lidf09/films/cruzeiro/
