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City of Men
Cidade dos Homens
2002 · TV series · 6 seasons
Created by Kátia Lund, Fernando Meirelles
The series is based on the award-winning Brazilian film City of God, which itself was nominated for Oscars in four categories, including Best Director for Fernando Meireles. Based on the story of two friends, Laranjinha and Acerola, who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum, 'City of Men' brings into sharp relief the condition of children and adolescents in these areas, realistically yet with a dose of humor.
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My favorite synopsis of Napoleon is from the City of Men TV Series where the teacher explains European politics in terms of favela gangs to make it relevant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rByBefzeY98 the meat is at around 22:47
The TV series "City of Men" is also very very good. My boxset version had an eye-opening documentary about polici g the favela. http://imdb.com/title/tt0364801/