Brazilian director José Padilha began his career with a tension-filled documentary, Bus 174, which examined a notorious crime in Rio de Janeiro, and exposed the economic disparity and police abuse of the underclass that led to the incident, along with the culpability of the media. His next film, Elite Squad (which won the Golden Bear at Berlin), was a hard-hitting fact-based drama about corruption and brutality amidst the region's war on drugs. The filmmaker returns to documentary filmmaking with Garapa, named for the nutritionally empty sugar water drink which is an unfortunate staple in the diet of Brazil's poorest families. Padilha's film, shot in stark black-and-white, with no musical score, focuses on three impoverished families who subsist on the outskirts of Brazil's society. Their children suffer from malnutrition, their bodies often covered with sores and swarmed with flies, as mothers--frequently without the help of their husbands--struggle with the painful choices involved in living with extreme poverty. "If I do supper," says one woman, "we can't have lunch tomorrow." Padilha and his crew offered assistance to the families during shooting, in an effort to alleviate their suffering. The film eschews interviews with "experts," focusing on the families themselves and their painful daily struggle, but the film does end with titles explaining how much it would cost to alleviate malnutrition around the world, a figure that is dwarfed by the amount that developed nations spend on weapons. Garapa had its North American Premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
Loading. Please wait...
My cable/satellite provider:
Provider not set
There are no TV airings over the next 14 days. Add it to your Watchlist to receive updates and availability notifications.
I am Johnny Cash is a celebration of the larger-than-life Johnny Cash from the unique perspective of the Man in Black's greatest songs the 'essentials'. Each song brings to life a chapter in the story of America from the 1950's to the modern day as we tour the life of musical and artistic expression of one of music's most notorious rebels.
A look at TOLO TV, Afghanistan's first independent television network. The film also profiles the station's employees, who helped keep it on the air during a tumultuous era in the country's history.
Available same day as theatrical release. Catching Fire: The Story Of Anita Pallenberg. Rolling Stones muse, actress, woman ahead of her time: Anita Pallenberg's story is told in her unpublished memoir. Marianne Faithfull, Scarlett Johansson.
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real