Brazil: the favelas funk criminalized

"How many more dead so that this war stops?" Wrote the inhabitants of Paraisópolis (São Paulo) on the wall of the alley where 9 young people aged 13 to 23 died, on the night of December 1, 2019. Sarah Cozzolino

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In Brazil, after samba and capoeira, funk is now seen as a criminal activity by the police in Brazil. Probably because the protagonists of this style of music and culture are black, young, and from favelas. (Replay of January 30, 2020)

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It is in these poor neighborhoods that the “baile funk” take place, large open-air parties where the inhabitants go at the risk of their lives.

"Brazil: the funk of the criminalized favelas". A Great report by Sarah Cozzolino, directed by Pierre Chaffanjon.

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