"City of God", known for its vibrant and realistic visual style, featuring dynamic cinematography and fast-paced editing, is ...

“COG” was set in a Rio favela, inspired by real events and now ranks among world cinema’s greatest films. “City of God: The Fight Rages On,” airing on HBO at 8 p.m. Sunday (in Portuguese ...

“City of God” is a harrowing depiction of the rise of organized crime and gang violence in the Cidade de Deus favela, or slum, of Rio de Janeiro. Released in 2002, the Brazilian film earned four ...

Will City of God: The Fight Rages On ... “Rocket,” as he’s still called in the favela, is the embodiment of The Fight Rages On‘s core frustration. Was Rocket the protagonist of the ...

The notorious Cidade de Deus, or City of God, is Rio's famously violent favela. It acquired its notoriety after a 2002 film which chronicled its decline into drug battles, criminal rivalries and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Saturday is not a school day, so kids in Rio de Janeiro’s City of God favela fill the dirt roads playing soccer or pretending to be cops and robbers around dangerous alleys.

Against this violent backdrop, Marcelo Modesto, a City of God native, is using golf to try to transform the lives of the children who live there. Entering the favela, it’s impossible not to be ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Saturday is not a school day, so kids in Rio de Janeiro’s City of God favela fill the dirt roads playing soccer or pretending to be cops and robbers around dangerous alleys.

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